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Quotes About Depth

Sometimes I watch the broad comedies coming out of Hollywood and I think, 'You know, sex is a big part of people's lives, but is that really the only thing men are ever concerned about?' People are more complicated than they appear in film or television.
~ Josh Radnor
The problem with filming something is that we struggle desperately to make three dimensions out of two dimensions. It can't be done.
~ Sydney Pollack
The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.
~ Sophie Okonedo
I look for gravitas and substance that can outlast the theatrical experience.
~ Dia Mirza
Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.
~ Gene Wolfe
If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.
~ Elizabeth Bowen
I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.
~ Brad Dourif
Every human is so layered. And 'Brain,' that theme is about - I'm just such a sensitive person, and I can pick up people's energies.
~ Banks
Busco una pasión insoportable, eterna, irrompible, profunda y que dure toda la vida. El amor a la enésima potencia.
~ Robyn Carr
Biblically, Faulkner. We know each other biblically.
~ Robyn Schneider
Father Martin put it, "Stability give us the time and the structure to go deep into who we are as sons of God.
~ Rod Dreher
I've been out with some extremely beautiful women who have had no sex appeal whatsoever. It really is a lot more than skin deep.
~ Rod Stewart
Futility can lead to thought, the laughable can become serious, and depth can succeed superficiality. Not all the time, and not necessarily, it goes without saying. Not every idiocy contains a philosophical pearl. But there exist ordinary situations, everyday gestures, actions we carry out continuously, which can become the starting point for that astonishment that gives rise to philosophy.
~ Roger-Pol Droit
A work has two levels of meaning: literal and concealed.
~ Roland Barthes
The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.
~ Roland Smith
The "stuffed men" are bound to become more lonely no matter how much they "lean together"; for hollow people do not have a base from which to learn to love.
~ Rollo May
I love you, Lenny. -From the diaphragm. -What are you talking about? -You have to say it from the diaphragm. That's a muscle in here. Real deep, not from the throat. I tried to be an actor once and that's the first thing they told me. That's when I quit. I just didn't have that much in my diaphragm.
~ Romain Gary
Tuomet mes iš tikr?j? buvome pasiek? dugn? - nesakau "prarajos", nes nuo tada patyriau, kad praraja dugno neturi ir kad mes visi galim mušti gylio rekordus, niekada neišsemdami tos ?domios institucijos galimybi?.
~ Romain Gary
Duygularda korkunç bir ölümlülük var.
~ Romain Gary
Când ai iubit o femeie din adâncul tuturor ochilor, din adâncul tuturor dimineÈ›ilor, p?durilor, câmpiilor, izvoarelor È™i p?s?rilor, È™tii c? înc? nu ai iubit-o destul È™i c? lumea este doar un început pentru tot ce-È›i mai r?mâne s? faci.
~ Romain Gary
Lorsqu'on a aimé une femme de tous ses yeux, de tous ses matins, de toutes les forêts, champs, sources et oiseaux, on sait qu'on ne l'à pas encore aimée assez et que le monde n'est qu'un commencement de tout ce qui vous reste à faire.
~ Romain Gary
VeÅ¡la mu do srdce dveÃ…â"¢mi jeho o?í; veÅ¡la tam celi?ká a dveÃ…â"¢e se za ní zavÃ…â"¢ely.
~ Romain Rolland
Under a ragged coat lies wisdom.
~ Romanian Proverb
The Rosary is not a road, but a place, and it has no goal but a depth. To linger in it has great compensations.
~ Romano Guardini