I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
It's my life's aim to make people understand the job of an actor, what they go through, and why they are such… — Parineeti Chopra Copy Share Image
Much of the blame for the situation lies with the states themselves. They haven't been able to pass decent laws. For decades,… — Wolfgang Kubicki Copy Share Image
Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to absolute laws, valid from age to age; since it is related to the more… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I think all countries need to aim to cut the CO2 emissions per person, taking account of externalities like imports and exports. — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The tragic evils of our life are so commonly unintentional. We did not start out for that poor, cheap goal. That aim… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Anger is always concerned with individuals, ... whereas hatred is directed also against classes: we all hate any thief and any informer.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own… — Thomas Chandler Haliburton Copy Share Image
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
If Aims impel these Astral Ones The ones allowed to know Know that which makes them as forgot As Dawn forgets them… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. What we seek is more simply… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Critical design aims to really push the boundaries of design and to reconsider the element of fiction. — Nelly Ben Hayoun Copy Share Image
I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of… — Essie Davis Copy Share Image
I believe that the purpose of cinema is to entertain. The so-called geniuses may have given new meanings to it, but for… — Sreenivasan Copy Share Image
I believe that one thinks much more soundly if the thoughts arise from direct contact with things, than if one looks at… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Fair, rich confusion is all the aim of an old-fashioned flower garden, and the greater the confusion, the richer. You want to… — Anna Bartlett Warner Copy Share Image
People in the arts often want to aim for the biggest, most obvious target, and hit it smack in the bull’s eye.… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My aim was to end suffering. It's got to be decriminalized. — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
There is, of course, nothing wrong in a program that aims to please everybody, except that as a rule it is a… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Mark, how the ready hands of Death prepare: His bow is bent, and he hath notch'd his dart; He aims, he levels… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
