motivation alone is not enough. if you have an idiot and you motivate him,now you have a motivated idiot.
No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.
The noblest art is that of making others happy
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.
There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my small amusements, have created such precious art is my life's proudest achievement.
Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.
The telescope. . . is a conduit to the cosmos.
I think people are basically unhappy working their jobs, and we all need to have that thing that gets our juices flowing.
My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!
What I've grown to hate in my 'old age' is shouting directors. I find anybody who screams and shouts to be difficult to work with. . . especially because the people who scream and shout tend to do it at runners, and not at the main actors. They make a great amount of noise and it's often at someone who is an easy target. I love working with people who are calm, even if my role is peripheral. I like people who realise that this is just a film. . . that we're not going over the top in No Man's land and screaming for our lives. There's just nothing to be gained by volume.