Quotes About Meaning

It's dead flattering, isn't it? I have got a big gay following. I actually find it more flattering when a bloke comes on to you than a woman. I've even found myself flirting back sometimes!

'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.

Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity.

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

I find all folklore challenging, and I never cease to be grateful that I became a professional folklorist.

So, there's a lot of 22 in my life. That always followed me and has always been good to me. I also have a condition that is synesthesia, where you relate different senses with each other. So every time I think of numbers, since I was a kid, each number has had a color in my head.

I had a very loyal cult-like following, I feel. And I don't mean to complain about that.

Even in the big movies, if the scenes are very big, I'm not fond of them as much as I'm fond of small actor scenes.

Art is forever.

I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic.

You need a spiritual foundation. Something that allows you to see how you connect to the rest of the universe. It's simple stuff, but it's hard.

Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.

I am very proud of this work because it is more about the meaning of the Easter Rising and its relationship to what this whole century has been about, people liberating themselves, freeing themselves.

In Scripture, a name often connotes purpose, authority, makeup, and character. In fact, a person's name is frequently seen as an equivalent of that person.

Something that I learned from 'Friday Night Lights,' sometimes if you have four or five scenes in an episode, it's not having less than having 10. It's what you do with those scenes.

I believe in friendship over money and that's how I lost a lot.

It's so frustrating to be working so hard and know that it's not going anywhere and it doesn't matter.

I want to live a fulfilling life.

Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.

You need to find that thing that's going to get you through your day and that you're excited about. No day should ever be lived without feeling like it was a fulfilling day. You need to set yourself up for that.

That's the most fulfilling thing I've experienced ever, being a father.

An empty canvas is full.

The cross reveals that we're called to a deeper, fuller experience of what it means to be alive and open to new dimensions of life which our religious boundaries - creeds, atonement theologies - have kept us from experiencing.

I want to be able to enjoy my life to the fullest so I can add something to the lives of people around me.