Quotes About Meaning

Best-friend tattoos require so much prep work, which adds to their legitimacy. First, a friendship must be deep enough to warrant the rite; then the perfect symbol must be found to forge the bond.

There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, and most recently George Clooney to name a few. Remarkably, their films share an unusually high percentage of being very good.

Ultimate Warrior was a character who made an impression on people. It was his intensity, his colorfulness, but also, Warrior as an identity means something to everyone. Even through all of the grumbling and haphazard approach at the beginning to developing the character's persona, there was something that people connected to.

Working on 'Clone Wars,' it was always canon.

A part of me was like, 'Man, do I even like doing this anymore?' That whole thing of 'I'm in my 30s, and I sing and write songs while people are fighting wars in Iraq.' You know? So everything had to have more meaning, and it couldn't just be about making money. So, I took a minute.

Every movie has the thing it's about, and then, deep down, it has this thing that it's really about. 'Star Wars' is not really about a space opera, action, and the galactic quest. It's about self-doubt.

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

The word 'carer' makes me think of someone with a nylon overall and a long list of 'clients' to wash before she finishes her shift. A companion was something unique. A kind of live-in friend.

I was down in Washington when 9/11 happened. We were in the middle of putting together the next summer season, and all I could think of was something somehow must make sense to us. Our Town kept coming into my mind.

In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it.

Fond and protective equals love? I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry.

The Ninysh might have resisted a bit harder. I don't mean to imply that they were cowards...," Maurizio said shrugging, clearly implying that the Ninysh were cowards.

It was astonishing how much meaning could be crammed into a single word. How did such words not crumble under their own weight?

You were naming my life, which is similar but not identical to saving. We name something to make it real, to give it meaning. You can name my life and I might still die. Those aren't mutually exclusive.

We name something to make it real, to give it meaning.

I don't mean to imply that they were cowards...," Maurizio said, shrugging, clearly implying that [they] were cowards.

Where's the logic in dying?

There's nothing 'just' about stories. Stories are the most real.

She didn't resist the rush of tears. If there was no sadness about leaving New York, then her time here would've meant nothing.

What does it all mean if I don't have family? If my mother is in the cold, hard ground?

You're either a saint or a liar," he said as he sauntered over. "I'm not a liar." "Too bad. Liars are way more interesting than saints." "How would you know?" I asked with what I hoped was a seductive smile. "I doubt you've known a saint.

What something is worth isn't always tied to money.

If I know something, I am not a victim. Victims don't know the meaning of their suffering. I am an enemy or a collaborator, not a victim.

Some days I wonder how I'll get through a whole lifetime of thinking. A life that's just words, words, words, shuffling around in my head. Was I born that way?