I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract.

This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen one for her because she is so weary of having all her desires satisfied.

No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream.

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract.

When I want to render these fine nuances, I do not find them in the subject, but in the nature of women in real life who seek unhealthy emotions and are too stupid even to understand the horror in the most appalling situations.

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

Personally, I have been enriched by my experiences in Egypt and America, and feel fortunate to have been endowed with a true passion for knowledge.

The problem I have with making an intelligent statement is that some people then think it's not an isolated occurrence.

If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Mitt Romney knows America's prosperity didn't happen because our government simply spent more. It happened because our people used their own money to open a business.

The soul passeth from form to form; and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold.

The contemporary notion that it's somehow inherently bad for a film to be 'talky' has done grave damage to the culture of American movie-making, enough so that a growing number of people, myself among them, have all but given up on Hollywood.

In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Unfortunately all gatherings convened for the betterment of the human lot show a tendency to gas themselves and not with laughing gas either.

When I went to bed as a child, I was told, 'You don't know where you'll wake up.' When I ran in the garden, I was told that running was bad for the heart. Everything had its sinister aspect - milk shrinks the stomach, lemon thins the blood.

I put forward a pretty general theory that financial markets are intrinsically unstable. That we really have a false picture when we think about markets tending towards equilibrium.

I think Pat Robertson is a terrific fellow.

Content-based marketing gets repeated in social media and increases word-of-mouth mentions; it's the best way to gather buzz about a product.

Genius is of no country.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s.

Cuban Americans have little in common with immigrants from Mexico and Central America, and often their priorities don't align. If it seems like Cuban Americans don't have to play by the same rules as everyone else, that's probably because they don't.

Car-essential is a real turn-off to me, so yeah, I just want a friendly holiday resort with a villa and a pool, but which is really private, but there again, there's a supermarket and a doctor's and a beach a five-minute walk away. That's all I want, and it's quite difficult to find.

I'm a man of my word.

The holiday season is about love Share it. Spread it. Live it.

I got into the Shanghai Drama Institute because my parents, like all parents, want their children to have good grades and to go to a good college. I became a college student because of them.

I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to.