Ru Freeman Quotes

We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice.

Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors.

I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas.

We do not need to have an agreed set of goals before we do something ambitious!

I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.

These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

Audiences believe what you believe. It's a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you've got no choice. None at all.

I can do small things in a great way.

If I stay at home, I'm not famous. I'm only famous when I'm out in the streets, so I don't go out on the streets much.

I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships.

I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.

We Virginians do not go to the storied shrines of the past to do worship but rather to gain inspiration.

History is past politics, and politics is present history.

The dog without his master was like a body without a soul.

sometimes duties act on the soul like weeds on a flower. They crowd it out.

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

A culture that does not teach prayer soon runs mad with desire.

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

The atheist has no hope.

I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was Glory.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.

Murder is the apex of megalomania, the ultimate in control.

A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.

I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to get out of the theatre because I was in so much pain from the laughter.

Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin.

Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.

No matter how far we go into the future, there will always be new things happening, new information coming in, new worlds to explore, a constantly expanding domain of life, consciousness, and memory.

The man who wins is the man who hangs on just five minutes longer after everyone else has quit.

To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then there's no point in pretending.

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.

Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.

We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives.

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

Love is the spirit of life, and makes all things live.

We cannot hope to either understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too.

Conscience is the root of all true courage.

All the strength and force of man come from his faith in things unseen.

Religion is life, philosophy is thought; religion looks up, friendship looks in. We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony.

The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

All I can do is just do what I can do and not be hampered by knowing that some people won't like it.

I've always got my eye on my deathbed.

I'm happy that I've raised six kids, and not one of them is a Ph.D.

I like things that are simple, such as an alarm clock.

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.

The media always tries to make everything into a disaster, but it's mostly rubbish.

I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.

I was raised in Mississippi, so heat and humidity is my bread and butter. It keeps me going. I can't stand cold weather.

I think the best thing somebody ever did to me was my mother opening her legs and squirting me out.