Showing 10 of 12249 quotes
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. ”
You grow up as an artist in a big city. As James Dean said, you're going to have one arm tied behind your back if you don't accept people's sexual flavors. You know, when I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless; I didn't have any money, and I was living in my car. I was 18. ”
There are lots of things about millionaires that make them pretty ordinary, but what's not ordinary is their ability to accumulate wealth, how hard they work, and what they do for a living. ”
There are about 300,000 neighborhoods in the United States, and more than half of them have at least one millionaire living there. Most millionaires drive American cars. Out of the top 30 or 40 makes and models, Ford is number one, with about 10 percent of the market share. ”
Kids are always infatuated with the action in martial arts films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing. ”
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. ”
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. ”
Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life. ”
I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom. ”
It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations. ”