Quotes About Perspective

Life is bigger than cinema. Cinema is just a part of life, so I never take success or failure seriously.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

I am not a foodie, thank goodness. I will eat pretty much anything. A lot of my friends are getting incredibly fussy about food and I see it as a bit of an affliction.

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.

I thank the Lord for having the kind of a career that doesn't happen very often to an individual. A lot of times when I was playing, I pinched myself to see if it was really me and if it was really happening. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change anything.

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.

That whole sex symbol thing I never took seriously to begin with. Thank goodness, or I'd be suffering right now because it's out of your hands what happens to you with age.

I had once thought I would become a doctor but gave up on the thought soon enough. I took up the racquet instead. Later, when I saw my sister studying so much to become a doctor, I was like, 'Thank God I am a shuttler!'

Thank God that I lost against Frankie Randall because he made me put my feet firmly on the ground.

I don't have kids at all and I thank God that I never did.

I was so much more insecure at 19. Thank God. It would be really cruel if there were a 19-year-old walking around with my confidence.

I look at what I have as compared to what I don't have. I have this, I have this, I have this. Thank God for it, and let's move on.

Whatever you have, you need to thank God and his blessings. You never know what other people are having trouble with or what is going on with their lives.

I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.

I died. Which is fantastic, because I have died already; I have been there and come back. I am completely recovered, thank you.

I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and Republicans thought it was theirs. I'm proud that pro-choice people thought 'Juno' was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs.

Sometimes you have to do things in people's best interests and they don't even know it, and maybe they'll figure it out later and thank you, and maybe they won't. Most likely they won't.

When you first arrive in India, you think, 'God, these Indians treat their servants so badly! How awful!' It's something in the air, and something about the way people are, that very few people hold out. I wasn't able to. Everybody goes local. You stop saying 'thank you' and things like that.

My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.

I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'

I know plenty of people who don't have children. And I also get a lot of people who say, 'Thank you for speaking out; my family don't understand why I don't want kids.'

I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me.