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Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, read more
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time read more
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. [On the prospects for his 1997 movies The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting].
In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.
In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the read more
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. -Mahatma Gandhi.
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.