Quotes About Perspective

In 50 years - or 20 years, or 200 years - our current epistemic horizon (the Big Bang, roughly) may look as parochial as the horizon Newton had to settle for in his day, but no doubt there will still be good questions whose answers elude us.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

I would also would have liked the part of the Bus Driver.

As far as what part of myself I brought to Five, I've always considered myself not really my age.

Football is an important part of my life, but not everything.

I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean.

I live in a female-dominated household, so I'm like a partial woman myself.

The stories we tell about each other matter very much. The stories we tell ourselves about our own lives matter. And most of all, I think the way that we participate in each other's stories is of deep importance.

I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's better, the book or the movie. So I think it's interesting when people want to do it.

Having a multi-cultural background has granted me access into different ideologies, cultures, and ways of living. It has shaped who I am and how I participate in the world.

It's claustrophobic, and I think it is to do with the amount that we're exposing people to one particular point.

I find it more consoling to think of myself as little than to think of myself as big. I think I've gotten that from animals, particularly dogs. Dogs live such a modest life, and they don't live long, and the more you're around them, you kind of accept that.

I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor.

I don't see myself as a particularly expert angler.

My time in London was an alright part of my career. There were some good moments and there were some not particularly nice ones.

I've never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures.

I don't particularly have any magical ambitions, but then, I never did. I just enjoyed the game.

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.

I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters.

Modeling was not an endgame for me. I didn't particularly enjoy the act of it.

Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions.

If you're strutting around Beverly Hills and hitting up these big industry parties every night when you're not making movies, then it's going to eventually consume you. But for me, I live most of my life in Boston. I do things no different from the way my buddies back home do them, except when I go to work, I go to a film set.

During the negotiation process, it's common for misconceptions to occur, since both parties assume what the other person is saying or thinking. This can lead to conflicts or disagreements.