You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.

And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.

Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely.

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what rises and falls, we return to stability in the end.

The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking.

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy.

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent.

As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.

You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.

To the world, you are America.

It's been quite a ride. I loved every minute of it.

In recent years, anyone in the government, certainly anyone in the FBI or the CIA, or recently, in again, Clint's film, In the Line of Fire, the main bad guy is the chief advisor to the president.

An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!

Christ died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.

Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.

The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling.

The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath.

'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads.

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously.

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine.

Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on.

I have been able to stay clear of the Harry Connick, Jr. prank show but have seen the wrath.

Soviet moviegoers gazed enviously on the jalopy that took the Joads from Oklahoma to California. The message Russians took from 'The Grapes of Wrath': even the poorest capitalists have cars!

We must use the wrath of nature as our teacher.

My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.

There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are people who have been candidates before, Councillors, Doctors, business leaders, charity campaigners.

I don't have a career, I have a life. I don't have an exterior judgment on what would be good or bad for me.

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

The problem with having the name Wyeth is that immediately, when people hear the name, they all of a sudden see weathered barns in a field or something.

So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me.