Very Quotes

I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written.

The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And I think they ought to work a lot harder.

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.

When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.

I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

I've been very lucky.

Traffic was very, very free. It was great.

The corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on America, that's a very big trading partner of ours, and people own securities around the world in this day and age.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.

My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.

Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times. And a very small number really.

I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.