Divide your movements into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again.

In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope.

No authority is higher than reality.

The best mirror is an old friend.

What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists.

Action conquers fear.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

We will not know unless we begin.

Beauty is being in harmony with what you are.

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.

First have being in your mind. Make real in your mind then bring that being into reality. The genius is he who sees what is not yet and causes it to come to be.

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.

It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there.

To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

Divide your movements into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

When I'm doing a one-on-one with somebody, I have to speak in a language that that person can understand, using a vocabulary that they instantly get, and I always have to feel my way around to figure that out. It's a lot of fun, and it's also really challenging - challenging in a different way from performing.

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more effect because it does it in a very indirect way.

I was the first woman to speak ever at the National Press Club, and they gave me a necktie.

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

In my opinion, what 'The Evil Dead' is to horror, 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' is to action-fantasy, with these horror elements and a steampunk-y twist.

Worldwide is an overused word. But it's true that being known has given me new ideas and a chance to get to know new people who think in different ways. I want to hear myself referred to as Elie Saab, without labels or titles.

People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me.

As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style.

Although you should never mention your premise in the dialogue of your play, the audience must know what the message is. And whatever it is, you must prove it.

I'm just, 'Hi, I'm Shamir. I'm gonna sing, hug you, then you can buy my album.'

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

His eyes have made love to me all evening.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.

Once you have mastered the craft, you can use it for whatever purpose you choose.

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.

Vampires used to be like Dracula, and now they're young teenage kids, so yeah, I like that.

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.

You cannot deal with a city if it's not socially integrated.