A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round, If they have nothing else to grind, they must themselves be ground.
Every man in the back of their minds would like to own a bar or a racehorse.
Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.
Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail.
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.
Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.
As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.
I don't really consider myself a horror director or a violent director at all.
The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be 'at risk' of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.
In a perfect world, probably we'd never yell, we'd just be firm and dispassionate. But of course, everyone yells at their children.
Never stand idly while people commit what you know to be an injustice! Injustice only leads to more injustice!