W. D. Hamilton Quotes

The greater the suffering depicted, the more terrible the events, the more intense our pleasure.

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.

There is no dignity like the dignity of a soul in agony.

The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the protagonists of the mind.

The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium.

In theology the conservative temper tends to formalism.

There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is being educated.

Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)

Christ must be rediscovered perpetually.

Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history.

sooner or later, if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.

No facts, however indubitably detected, no effort of reason, however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful.

I think you have to have a personal connection, and that's what I am always looking to try to create: a personal way in to a story.

I was purely content to sit in the car and wander around my own mind. Watching the world itself, the people in it, and my whole internal life was more than enough to keep me entertained.

My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you don't do something.

Badass is a juvenile aspiration.

This is a business that I have always had the last laugh in.It has nothing to do with acting, it has to do with good karma.

Woody [Allen] is a fascinating character to be around. You don't really know what he's going to want. You're on your toes, but you're on your heels too, if you know what I mean.

My mother was a star-struck girl from a little town in Arkansas who had gone to finishing school in New York, and whose mother had given her anything she ever wanted.

I'm not saying it's safe to go sit out in the sun all day but I don't believe that sun is bad for you.

I realized that the studios didn't really understand their own system.

Democracy has now become corrupted by the nature of the funders.

One works in this business - if one works. You do different types of movies.

I did a movie with Woody Allen [“Hollywood Ending” in 2002]. I only had a few days with Treat on that film. I immediately liked Treat. Treat and I had a sense of humor about the whole thing.

There's so many characters they [studios] are not letting me play. And I thought, "Why don't you just go produce it yourself?".

After I got out of the studio system, I was completely [broke] for the 30th time; they said I’d never work again. So I’m going to go and produce those movies that they wouldn’t let me do.

I've always had good friends and people know that I've got no ax to grind.

When people realize you're not the stuffed shirt they think you are it's such a relief and you have people who really like to be around you.

There are a lot of self important people who make you believe they're artistes and high on the intelligence quotient and I've sat down and listened to them and just been bored.

There are two schools of thought. A manager would tell you that must make them realize you're a dedicated actor and I took a totally different route than that. I never ever took myself seriously.

I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.

I had a good time doing ["The Congressman"], and I hope that Treat [Williams] and I plan to go flying in his [private] jet!

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping.

I was a hangover of that era where they’d say “Take off that medal! Is that a St. Christopher medal? You’re going to lose your audience with that.”

He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off

The worst drug of today is not smack or pot - it's refined sugar.

Real Madrid are like a rabbit in the glare of the headlights in the face of Manchester United's attacks. But this rabbit comes with a suit of armour in the shape of two precious away goals.

Their (Liverpool) fans are being man-marked by the Italian police.

Here's Henry, trying to burst the bubble still further, if indeed it needs more bursting

It flew towards the roof of the net like a Wurlitzer

He caught that with the outside of his instep.

Welcome to the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona that is packed to capacity... with some patches of seats left empty.

Hyypia rises like a giraffe to head the ball clear

Shay Given almost single-handedly won the match for Newcastle against Everton, although obviously he didn't score the goals

A lot of actors flame out.

Acting has always been something for me that's been a romp. I just show up and I have a good time, and I hope that I get through the day and I can have lunch in the sun.

That's a yellow card for Cazoria. So the next time he's involved in Europe, he won't be.