Quotes About Meaning

I don't put seriousness in Bollywood movies. Because in Bollywood, people want entertainment even if it has no meaning.

If you feel you have made a great piece of work, which the script for 'The Lovely Bones' was, and that it suddenly means nothing, it's like being in the land of the lost. You don't know what's good or bad and what anything means.

I don't want to sing boring pop songs - I want to sing songs that are meaningful to me.

Science and literature are both ways to ask questions about why we're here.

Every song has a bouquet, which is the music. If you can put words with something that is really apt, then you've done it.

If you can even manage to tell exactly what a song is about, all you do is put that song in a box forever, and it loses its evocative power.

You exist only in what you do.

The worse thing in the world is for an individual to live, breath and exist and leave this earth, die, and not make impact.

I've been clear that Brexit means Brexit.

Brilliant documentaries are about so much more than their subject.

We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means.

The comedy on '2 Broke Girls' always comes from a place of love - it's never mean. We're a comedy, and we often go right to the edge. It doesn't bother me. I've encountered this all my life. I've been made fun of all my life.

I'm much more Buddhist. I mean, I'm not a Buddhist. I should be so lucky to be a Buddhist, a real Buddhist, but of all the things I investigated, that seems to make the most sense to me.

I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build.

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point.

I think a lot of burden is put on someone's middle name, but the reality is that you never use it.

Maybe It's not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning their own sense of spirituality. If the film resonates, then I have succeeded in what I set out to do.

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling.

I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.

Yes, I am passionate about my work but my success is meaningless without my loved ones, my family and my husband. They are my priority.

I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.

I developed an interesting skill set in that I was able to create a network and create experiences and environment - I built this decadent playground for men. It might have been successful, but it wasn't important. It didn't have any true meaning.