Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn.
If you go to Florence, it has all surface beauty, but like Venice, it's simply a museum of Renaissance times. Los Angeles is raw, uncouth and bizarre, but it's a place of substance. It has more new horizons than any other place.
Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes.
. . . . decay and disfavor came together as other parts of the coast were developed, and the canals became weed-clogged ditches breeding mosquitoes, and the hotels were turned into third-rate apartments.
Though justice be thy plea consider this, that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation.
Quentin [Tarantino] called me and said: "Yeah, you've got to be in my movie. You've got to be in Death Proof. " But he made me audition. I was like: "Dude, I don't even want to do this. . . " So I left the casting of Hostel: Part II to drive to Venice, where Quentin was holding his casting, and the person ahead of me was Derek Richardson from Hostel 1 and he was like: "Dude, what are you doing here?" I said: "Don't ask!"
I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find it extremely comforting that we're so close. I also find it like Chinese water torture, that we're so close because you have to find the right six people to make the right connection. . . I am bound, you are bound, to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people.
If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is - Venice is better.
I love Santa Monica and Venice because I like the beach. I have a lot of friends in that area.
Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.
Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny.
The first seastead happened fifteen centuries ago. The result was the most beautiful city in the world, Venice. People who were sick of their violent governments fled to the water, where they built civilization on stilts. That startup society - a free city-state on the water - became so successful it dominated the Mediterranean for a thousand years.
When I went to Venice I found that my dream had become-incredibly, but quite simply-my address.
Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.
But love is blind and lovers cannot see
Venice, that capital city of dream and intrigue, that double city (one above and seemingly solid, one below, wavering and reflected in the waters), which never disappoints.
For about 150 days a year in Venice, the sun doesn't show through the mist until noon.
Bassanio: Do all men kill all the things they do not love? Shylock: Hates any man the thing he would not kill? Bassanio: Every offence is not a hate at first.
love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit