Intrinsic Value famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.

  • Making a movie is about following characters and embarking on an adventure with them, seeing their reactions, and seeing what they do, having empathy for those characters, feeling for those characters, embarking on this adventure.

  • Funny always makes the bad things go away.

  • I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.

  • Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

  • A lot of learned men think people really are the food theyve eaten.

  • To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is the ground for unsentimental compassion and love. (157)

  • Much like a patchwork quilt, inspiration that stirs and motivates me is made of many things.

  • My feeling about fiction, regardless of the genre, is that it is meant to be a representation of life. I want my books to give a whole spectrum of experiences to my readers. Not just fear or terror or revulsion, but excitement, laughter, pain, sorrow, desire, etc.

  • Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present. This is the day of our opportunity, and we must grasp it