Initiative Pitfalls. 3. We expend time and energy only for personal gain. The issue - No surrender to the vision.

Initiators know what they want. Desire is the stating point of all achievement.

Initiators push themselves to act. At first we all act alone. We need to push to get the facts that encourage others to move.

Initiators take more risks. To achieve the goal we need to be willing to challenge the odds and take the risks in the face of sometimes insurmountable odds.

Initiators make more mistakes. Even if we don't have the means, when things get moving, the mistakes will allow for moments of growth.

Initiators go with their gut. There is something great to be said about the "gut feel". When a nagging feeling is saying yes or no then it's probably wise to listen.

Initiative Pitfalls. 1. We are afraid we'll be unable let to keep the commitment. The issue - A low sense of security.

Initiative Pitfalls. 2. We suspect we might find "greener grass" somewhere else. The issue - Paralysed will

Initiative Pitfalls. 4. Our past makes trust difficult. The issue - Emotional baggage.

Initiative Pitfalls. 5. We are lazy and unmotivated. The issue - Apathy and neutrality.

Initiative Pitfalls. 6. We fear the risk of being rejected. The issue - Poor self-esteem

Initiative Pitfalls. 7. We fear the unknown and the unfamiliar. The issue - Low confidence.

Initiative Pitfalls. 8. We don't want to lose our freedom. The issue - An Entitlement Philosophy.

Initiative Pitfalls. 9. We fear being different from others. The issue - Want to be politically correct.

Initiative Pitfalls. 10. We don't really know who we are. The issue - We don't know our gifts and calling.

I skip through the programming to watch the commercials.

'2001' is a really interesting movie because it came out in 1968, and everybody thought that that was possible, and look how ridiculous that was. We don't have ships like that, and you know, nobody in 1968 was going, 'Oh, that'll never happen!' But of course it never happened. We're not even close to it.

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

Through style, you can communicate to the world who you are and what you stand for.

In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are attached to that create infinite interruption.

Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact makes much impression on him, and another none.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

I appreciated and respected kids who asked questions. They didn't do it to get attention, but because they were interested. Kids who didn't want to look dumb seemed like scared little rabbits.

To get to play a bad person and do bad things in a safe environment like 'Arrow' was pretty amazing.

My favorite movie of all time is probably 'The Thing Called Love.' It's a formulaic film but it's got River Phoenix, who is like a god to me. I could watch that once a week.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.

The Christian apologist has become someone who is virtually expected to apologize for being a Christian, and that has to stop.

I'm not from a retail background, but I am a shopper.

When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'

People don't get married to get divorced. Maybe people weren't meant to be together forever.

Personally speaking, growing up as a gay man before it was as socially acceptable as it is now, I knew what it was to feel different, to feel alienated and to feel not like everyone else. But the very same thing that made me monstrous to some people also empowered me and made me who I was.

Bonnie and Clyde were almost like a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing 'the government's money.' I think that's a bit of why they were glorified.

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

It's hard to make a film in Britain. It's hard to raise money. The best stuff that is shot on film in Britain is usually shot on film for television.

'Heartbreak House' was a lot of fun for me. I must have missed that day at school. I'd never read it or seen it. It's one of those things that a lot of people are familiar with.

I'm a committed Christian. I worship in my own way. That's my business. That's not the business of the pharisees who are going to preach to me about what I do and then do something else.

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.

I am preppy, geek-chic with a touch of Bozo the Clown with a touch of 'Showgirls.' Sometimes, I look at myself and think I should put on a red nose, white face and maybe entertain some kids.