Pastoral Resources

There is one final point I would like to make this week. As I said on the floor of the House during deliberation of this latest supplemental, hope is something Americans should never lose. Let each of us, both by our words and actions, continue to provide that hope.

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

The most successful ideological effects are those which have no need for words, and ask no more than complicitous silence.

It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words.

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means.

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, by thought, word and deed.

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

The words walked right out of my mouth.

Cancelled isn't a bad word because it happens everyday.

In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand.

I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it.

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.