A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one`s heart and some laughter on one`s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.
Hugh Sidey
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude
Alfred North Whitehead
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.
Alice Duer Miller
I don`t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians...it`s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it`s not who you love...a man, a woman, what have you...it`s the fact THAT you love. That is all that truly matters.
Al Pacino
...[Violent Cop] was shot a long time ago, when I didn`t knew how to make a film. At least now, I am beginning to grasp what filmmaking is all about, gradually, so I watched it again the other day on video, so that I could comment on it during the intervi...
Takeshi Kitano
It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.
Nicole Kidman
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor`s duty; to interpret it his problem and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that`s all you hav...
James Dean
I do see things sometimes that are good, but they don`t feel like a challenge to me personally. Like, in my own life and so often I think the things that excite me are things that feel a little bit beyond my grasp.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
You know, I was such a big Beatles fan, and when I`d buy a new album I`d invariably hate it the first time I heard it `cause it was a mixture of absolute joy and absolute frustration. I couldn`t grasp what they`d done, and I`d hate myself for that.
Andy Partridge
You can just see it. (Quarterback) Mike Lomas and the rest of the guys on offense have a great grasp of what we?re trying to do because they haven?t had to learn a new system. They?re working on refining what they know instead of learning a new offense.
Anthony Mamone
Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it. I write because life does not appease my appetites and...
Angelo Bitsis
While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for i...
Alvin Hellerstein
We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is.
Al Frank
Until we can fully grasp the extent of corruption and fraud involved in the administration of the Oil-for-Food program, and until the United Nations decides to cooperate in the investigation, no American taxpayer dollars should go to the United Nations.
John Ensign
This merger is particularly challenging to review, not so much because of its size, but because of its novelty, ... It`s difficult to grasp the impact on consumers in markets that have barely emerged.
Michael Powell
They`ve located what they believe is part of a third engine, ... Hopefully, the fourth engine will be under what is still a substantial amount of wreckage under (USS) Grasp.
Robert Francis
They have skills they could take anywhere, but it takes awhile to build a clientele, ... By the time they would have a full grasp of the market here and could earn a decent living, it would be time to go back.
David Griffin
There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.
Edward Hopper
I love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation.
Samuel Osgood
