R. J. Reynolds Quotes

You can't be halfhearted in a revolution. Values that serve well in a civil society don't work in a state of nature.

It's not so much about the cause, it's about feeling superior to political opponents.

Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour.

Nothing can come of nothing; he who has laid up no materials can produce no combinations.

The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart.

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

If it were up to me we'd ban them all.

Teachers are about the brightest stars in our constellation.

The reason why I don't have a hero is because heroes set a bar - whereas if we don't have one, our potential is unlimited.

It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. Walk in someone else's shoes for a while, and your own won't feel so tight.

If our company is to survive and prosper, over the long term we must get our share of the youth market.

Winston tastes good like a cigarette should

I hope that I'm always satisfied and content like I am right at this very moment.

Wouldn't that be an amazing super power? Knowing where to press on someone's neck to make them immediately urinate.

I firmly believe that you can't manufacture chemistry with anyone, let alone a kid.

Every time I hangout with Sandra Bullock I think I want to be her. I want to be married to Jesse James.

I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes. I have a bit of a phobia about those.

My very worst day on 'Green Lantern' was nowhere near as difficult as my finest day on 'Buried.'

When your dad's a cop, calling 911 is really just like calling Dad at work.

You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.

When you’ve found the right one - when you see him, when you’re with him - you’ll feel like you’re coming home.

If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive.

There were so many of these moments that could never be captured accurately, even in the camcorder, only in the heart.

I had an Indian Scout motorcycle during high school, but I never could take it to school. My dad would sneak out at night and pull the spark-plug wires.

Live is exciting, live is real, the people are there.

I think that the working hours and star pressures pushed a lot of people into drugs in those days. And there seemed to have been a lot of alcoholism.

When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government.

When you're hot, it's fair, when you're not, it's foul.

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.

I'm so respectable I'm getting scared ... I must be doing something wrong.

Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.

Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.

The Three Cs, I told myself. When you're not Comfortable with it, it's not a Compliment, it's Creepy.

I can never understand why people who have not seen me for a while ask if I am still writing. They might as well ask me if I am still breathing.

Short on glamour and long on tragedy.

[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation.

Hollywood is like a stock market - you're always up and down and all around. With age, you start to invest less in the outcome of that.

The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights.

I don't necessarily need 400 pounds on my back in the squat rack, and then take a picture of myself and send it out to my Twitter followers, 'Part of the 400 pound club today.'

Mostly birthmarks is what I learned about Sandra Bullock that I wasn't aware of.

For the most part Hollywood is a world of imagination.

A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.

Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.

You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.

Travel is hard, but entertaining is joy.

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce.

I don't get a lot of romantic comedy scripts.

The problem with romantic comedies is you know the ending by the poster. So they're not movies you can keep doing over and over again expect satisfaction somehow.

Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.

It’s the people who don’t worry—those who never have any doubts that what they’re doing is good and right—they’re the ones that cause the problems.