Know Everythings
I’m from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also – I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is…
Read More “Discover Bob Balaban’s Wise Words | Inspiring Quotes” »
We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. I’m a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you’d tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away…
Read More “Inspiring Travis Barker Quotes: Find Your Beat” »
The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. The problem with winter sports is that – follow me closely here – they generally take place in winter. The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn’t have eyeballs or fins. The one…
You come there and hang out and have a drink before the show and eat, so it’s not that brutal. It’s only $6. People don’t understand that that’s really what it is. They’re looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much…
I have been swamped with tremendous response. I am expecting a huge crowd. These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it. There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is…
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally. A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of…
Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is the best thing. But at other times, you have to make that leap beyond the immediate environment of people putting up lights on the set. It’s got to do with putting yourself in…
You see much more of your children once they leave home. In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get…
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue. Solitude is…
Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today. I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of…
The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it’s filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn’t happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion. Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of…
You can only do the work to the very best of your ability. Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He’s the most easygoing, lovely man, but he’s got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity. It’s a great time to…
There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public’s right to know. Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn. One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it’s tough to get…
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. Look in the…
Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it’s not like it’s a bible. When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: ‘How could I have done that?’ but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same…
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be. If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn’t care. If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he…