I think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go beyond that. I believe children, when they're growing up, dream of holding that Oscar.
. . . life is short and the world is wide
Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.
Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.
Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.
Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.
. . . dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.
One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big.
A given circle cannot be so true that a truer one cannot be found; and the movement of a sphere at one moment is never precisely equal to its movement at another, nor does it ever describe two circles similar and equal, even if from appearances the opposite may seem true.
To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.
It's critical how we want to use these spy programs, these electronic capabilities, where we want to draw the line, and who should approve these programs, these decisions, and at what level, for engaging in operations that could lead us as a nation into a war.