Quotes About Meaning

Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to be right, it just has to be close enough for government work. If they understand what you mean, it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it.

When change takes place gradually, it's difficult to comprehend its meaning.

Gradually, people are connecting with my music, and that means the world to me.

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

I don't believe in materialistic gifts and grand gestures.

I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter.

Coming close to death you begin to know what life means, and what it means is gratitude.

A sex scene is gratuitous when it only exists for its own sake.

I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings.

For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy.

I think that all great art never strives to answer any questions; it just asks the appropriate ones at the appropriate time.

Music means a great deal to me.

If you have a great idea, you should be able to communicate it as well. It's like the sound of one hand clapping. You have a great idea but aren't able to express it - well, how great was the idea?

I think that in making a genre movie, you have a really great opportunity to use abstraction to allow the audience to project their own experiences of the world into this thing. That's kind of what art is kind of all about.

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.

I think the legacy we leave is our family. I don't think it's money. I don't think it's - I'm not saying that charity isn't a great thing. I just think that it's my family. Even now I look and I think, God, I'm lucky if I lost it all.

I love communicating non-verbally. I find great value in it.

I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something.

I don't know if I'm the most religious guy, but I think I'm a spiritual man, and these are the things I think about a lot. In terms of the film, I think 'The Grey' is very much a non-denominational kind of film. I don't think it's something that relies on a particular religious bent to tell the story.

I like shows for atmosphere. I don't know, I think a plot-driven show is so boring and masc4masc and gross.

So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong.

I guess that's the big challenge of any art: Do you want to be something for everyone or everything for someone?

I guess there's always a search for happiness.

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.