Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage. — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
People who want to express themselves need to be given an opportunity. For me, it's a very fundamental premise: you break the… — Bob Buckhorn Copy Share Image
We subverted the entire premise of 'Westworld' in that our sympathies are meant to be with the robots, the hosts. — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
The premise of Nossiter in 'Mondovino' would have been a lot more accurate when I started writing about wine in 1978 than… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
'The Last Patriot' is set in the present day but is based upon the premise that the Prophet Mohammed had a final… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake. — Joe Cornish Copy Share Image
The basic premise of this is that, yes, people have learned to clone each other, but that cloning is illegal. Not that… — Roger Spottiswoode Copy Share Image
I've played around with the notion of making a series on the premise of 'Alps' because it's one of the films no… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I… — Dan Abrams Copy Share Image
I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
I was on a show called 'SliDE' when I graduated from college, and then that set the premise of my love for… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
As I had visualized, 'Heroine' is shaping up to be a very contemporary film with a different premise and strata. This film,… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
For years I've wanted to write a book about mummies, and had been following the science of mummy CT scans when the… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no… — Don Nickles Copy Share Image
It's not going to be easy; Enterprise IT has spent decades growing a defensive culture based on the premise that you only… — Tim Bray Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, I write on stage. I can't write anywhere else; I have to be in a moment. I also… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
My premise is not to tax to destroy the wealth of the wealthy; it's to increase the wealth of the bottom and… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You're constantly depicting… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even… — Lajos Egri Copy Share Image
When 'Party of Five' ended I believed we had run our course. I believed the basic ideal and premise of the show… — Scott Wolf Copy Share Image
No two dramatists think or write alike. Ten thousand playwrights can take the same premise, as they have done since Shakespeare, and… — Lajos Egri Copy Share Image
