Whether in commerce, administration, or on the battlefield, leaders who win understand the Secret of Victory: Act first to finish first.
I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.
Life is a very emotional experience.
The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen
If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level
I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?
We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is. ' Life always has something to say about that.
If we don't do something to simplify the tax system, we're going to end up with a national police force of internal revenue agents.
I’ve never been comfortable around groups of guys when it gets into the putting-down. My past being a kind of geek - it kind of turns into an attack on the weakest of the group.
Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.
If we go now, there's no coming back. You're mine all night. " Her eyes flashed. "Promise?" That was it. Jack grabbed her hand and pulled her off the dance floor, toward the main entrance of the tent.