Val Quotes
I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I think it made a big impression on me.
Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future.
It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET.
There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.
The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up.
I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.
Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
But mainly I learned, in approaching the measurement of new phenomena, not just to consider using existing apparatus but to allow the mind to wander freely and invent new ways of doing the job.
Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly
Put in the time, learn something new, challenge your perception and know that a setback is an opportunity in hindsight
Wisdom defines the limits of one's knowledge and responsibility pushes one beyond those limits
Success is the ability to turn a pickle, a bump or an epic failure into an opportunity for success
A closed fist cannot give. How can one give when the fist is closed? Yet, most people approach relationships with a closed heart. How can one give love when the heart is closed?
It takes just one idea or act to connect the dots between hard work and success... Don’t relent until you find it
Cold feet under a warm blanket, steam over an empty mug--rain splatters on dry window pane--open journals of closed memories... tears of laughter and joy of pain... schmaltz of diametric morning.
Only the ones whose hearts have been conquered by LOVE know the secret language of the eyes. Leave trails of love today, perhaps others might be brave enough to follow
Love FREES both the giver and the receiver, love INCLUDES all, love GIVES without seeking or demanding anything in return
Nothing can resist a person who is nonresistant... When you overcome negative with positive...hate with love... Evil with good. You've turn a loss to a win... You have become profound.
Roses have thorns, ’ we whine. When thorns of life entwine. Simple things can bring solace to heart-Things everyone take for granted-Like tending beds of fragile roses-with heart full of scars
Without passion, the earth will be full of hollow bodies devoid of love, relationship, religion, art, science and technology
Love is purely spiritual, until you can honestly accept and love your essence and truth, you have nothing to offer another
Know that time is a balm that slowly heals all wound. You'll heal, you'll learn to live with the scars, you'll love again and you won't be the same, nor would you want to
Endeavor to do what you love so that your work becomes an expression of love to the world
Celebrate differences, give love, and more love. Anything short is a rigidity that cuts both ways and spawns odium and ire
Never settle for being ordinary, you're made whole in God, you're uniquely perfect. Made to love and be loved.
If you seek immortality, then give. For giving frees humanity from the bondage of time. When all is gone, what's left is what you gave.
Life is a gift and every day is an opportunity to share your gift with others. Don’t be grateful, be fabulously grateful
The earth is always changing...readjusting to our existence. Each era is full of unique challenges
When an image depends on the next for a complete meaning, it moves the story and audience along without choking them with pathos
All art forms possess liberty beyond space and time, yet grounded by urgency of now, and a breath of truth.
When you mess up-fix it, when you fail-fall forward and learn, when you suffer loss-heal and always pay it forward
If you’re to choose to paint your life today... What will it be? Remember, you’re the artist, not the canvas.
As I watched the sun began its daily routine, casting golden hue and illuminating cities, I wondered, “what an exemplary way to start my daily routine?
An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a dissatisfaction that keeps one a step away from sliding into mediocrity.