S.R. Ford Quotes

Fashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look - all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that's what excites me.

I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well

I'm a very serious person.

Second-guess [myself]? Yes, I do. I question everything I do every step of the way. Once I make the decision I'm almost blinded by believing in it, and then I usually hate everything I've done.

I find a bath meditative and usually prepare myself for the day in this manner.

I live, I shop almost exclusively on the Internet. I've bought cars on the Internet. I watch television, I do everything on it. I even watch my son online.

I guess I'm just one of these people who, when I decide I'm going to do something, I just do it.

I'm not designing clothes for someone who is doing lines of coke off the table, like I was when I was at Gucci and Saint Laurent

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor.

The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.

The world is full of places to which I want to return

If you had a large vase with a big crack down the middle of it, a Japanese art museum would put the vase on a pedestal and shine a spotlight on the crack!

If we want a new future that does not look like our past, we must make new choices in the present.

It is your holy work, to deeply love, honor and respect the precious self that you are, the soul that only you hold.

Asking “Am I choosing from my divinity or am I choosing from my humanity? “ opens the door for us to experience realms of reality that we may never have visited before.

Our pain can be our greatest teacher. It leads us to places we'd never go on our own.

We see only that which we are.

Heaven is the experience of being completely present to all that is, all that you are, and all that you have to give. Are you choosing to live in heaven or suffer in hell?

Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

I've been failing for, like, ten or eleven years. When it turns, it'll turn. Right now I'm just trying to squeeze through a very tight financial period, get the movie out, and put my things in order.

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

I was interested in the idea of succession - showing a father and a son both in their own time and drawing a contrast

I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.

Today's winemakers still worry about quality.

Creativity is a powerful force for anyone attempting to heal themselves.

I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.

I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.

Irish as a person but I feel Jewish as an actor.

I don't do stunts - I do running, jumping and falling down. After 25 years I know exactly what I'm doing.

Never claim credit for anything. 'Cause you can't righteously do that. There's luck and grace and accident.

Money the root of all evil, unless used for good purpose

Minicars produce miniprofits.

A big business never becomes big by being a narrow society looking after only the interests of its organization and stockholders.

The man who is too set to change is dead already. The funeral is a mere detail.

The human race cannot forever exist half-exploiters and half-exploited.

Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a leg; use it or lose it.

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land.

We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than the minimum wage.

I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without outside assistance.

The only option is politeness-remember always that you are dealing with other primates.

When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.

Fear and hope are alike underneath.