For whatever reason, I decided: 'I'm 18, I'm a man, I'm going to grow a moustache' - and it was pathetic for years - it was awful.
Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.
It was remarkable to see from space how predictable people are. Our homes and towns are almost all in places with moderate temperatures, and they generally have the same shape - a thinly occupied outer blob of suburb surrounding a densely populated core, all based around a ready source of water.
My father was an airline pilot, so we travelled more spontaneously than a lot of families. On a Thursday, we could decide to go somewhere like Barbados the next day for a long weekend.
Some of the greatest reality television we ever had was the moon landings. When you think about it, that was human emotion and people, unscripted, working with each other - and millions and millions of people around the world, glued to their television sets to share real-time in a brand new, fascinating human experience.
Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.
Our three big emergencies are fire, loss of pressurization or contaminated atmosphere. Any of those things in a spaceship are very deadly and time critical. Everybody's trained, but I'm the commander of the ship, and it's up to me to decide.
There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of tenacity and purpose to get that far in life is absolutely reaffirmed and deepened by the experience itself.
Russians aren't perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of respect for Russia, and a lot of love for Russians.
Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician.
In the astronaut business - the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle; it's the most complicated flying machine ever built. And in the astronaut business, we have a saying, which is, 'There is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse.'
I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.
'Boldface' is a pilot term, a magic word to describe the procedures that could, in a crisis, save your life. We say that 'boldface is written in blood' because often it's created in response to an accident investigation. It highlights the series of steps that should have been taken to avoid a fatal crash, but weren't.
Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.
Ever since I was nine years old and I watched Neil and Buzz walk on the moon, I have felt passionately that this is an interesting human adventure. This is one of the things we're doing that is really fundamentally important, as we leave our home planet, but also exciting.
For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship.
It is spectacular. From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go, the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger, and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean, it is just an amazing ride.
The world, when you look at it, it just can't be random. I mean, it's so different than the vast emptiness that is everything else, and even all the other planets we've seen, at least in our solar system, none of them even remotely resemble the precious life-giving nature of our own planet.
We have never lost a crew member on the space station, but of course, the Columbia accident. I was - I'd already been an astronaut for a decade when the crew of Columbia was killed. And I went through test pilot school. Rick Husband and I were out at Edwards at test pilot school together. He was the commander of Columbia.
I'm really looking forward to it, if you can imagine floating weightless, watching the world pour by through the big bay window of the space station playing a guitar; just a tremendous place to think about where we are in history.
When you're on one of the Caribbean islands, sometimes it's hard to picture how they fit in with the rest, but when you see them all joined together like a necklace from space, you see the natural geographic connectedness of them all.
I don't want to be treated like I came from another planet or something or was somehow born with some weird birthright or super power. I don't view myself that way. I am a normal guy, picking up the crap from the dog and scraping the BBQ and having a beer and fixing the shed out back.
I think there are lots of ways to exercise ambition and accomplish things using leadership without going into elected politics. So, categorically, I have no intention of going into elected politics. None.
If you don't like airline food, you'll probably have the same impression of space station food. I would not fly to space for the food.
When we first get to space, we feel sick. Your body is really confused. You're dizzy. Your lunch is floating around in your belly because you're floating. What you see doesn't match what you feel, and you want to throw up.
The International Space Station is a phenomenal laboratory, an unparalleled test bed for new invention and discovery. Yet I often thought, while silently gazing out the window at Earth, that the actual legacy of humanity's attempts to step into space will be a better understanding of our current planet and how to take care of it.
So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it.
A lot of people live in fear because they haven't figured out how you're going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I've come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful - what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck - and then figuring out what I can do about it.
As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes.
You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it.
One place that I looked at a lot from space and which looks alluring is New Zealand, especially the North Island. It's a big broad valley with a river flowing through it, and you can see the wine-making dryness of the land.
The best simulator for spacewalking is underwater - it allows full visuals and body movement in 3D. Virtual reality is good, too, and has some advantages, like full Station simulation, not just part. Like all simulators, they have parts that are wrong and misleading: an important thing to remember when preparing for reality.
Spacewalking trumps everything. Viscerally, it is a phenomenal place to be; to be able to glance right and see the world, glance left and see the universe, and realise for a moment that you're holding on to your known existence with one hand. That's the thing.
You could look at something a hundred times from space, but the next time you come around the world, suddenly it's very different and gorgeous-looking, just because of the change of weather or the angle of the sun.
The communities and countries best at using energy to optimize a microclimate for human life are also the ones whose people have the longest average lifespans. Canada, Sweden, and Iceland - places with inhospitable winter weather - are frontrunners in sustaining human health and life.
And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.
I was born in Sarnia, Ontario; a small town, it's where oil was pretty much discovered in North America.
Every single thing that you learn really just gives you more comfort. It's something I counsel kids all the time: if someone is willing to teach you something for free, take them up on it. Do it. Every single time. All it does is make you more likely to be able to succeed. And it's kind of a nice way to go through life.
I'm a mechanical engineer, and I grew up on a farm, so I like practical hardware - somebody's elegant solution that proves itself over the long term.
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.
I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.
Samstag, 29. August 2015
Happy Birthday Ingrid Bergman!
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Jung ist man, solange man noch imstande ist, den eigenen Geburtstag zu vergessen.
A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.
Ein Kuß ist ein liebenswerter Trick der Natur, ein Gespräch zu unterbrechen, wenn Worte überflüssig werden.
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
Man hat im Leben die Wahl, entweder mit der Masse mitzulaufen oder vor ihr davonzulaufen.
I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
Glück bedeutet eine gute Gesundheit und ein schlechtes Gedächtnis.
I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!
Warten können ist eine große Kunst, nichts erwarten eine noch größere.
Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
Glück ist immer das, was man dafür hält.
I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
Ich bedaure nicht, was ich getan habe. Ich bedaure, was ich nicht getan habe.
I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
Ich glaube, mein Leben war wundervoll. Ich habe getan, wozu ich Lust hatte. Mir wurde Mut geschenkt und Abenteuergeist, und das hat mich getragen. Und dann auch Sinn für Humor und ein bisschen gesunder Menschenverstand. Es war ein sehr reiches Leben.
There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.
Die meisten Menschen sind unglücklich, weil sie, wenn sie glücklich sind, noch glücklicher werden wollen.
I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.
Ich habe die Schauspielerei nicht gewählt, sie hat mich gewählt.
Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.
I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.
Jung ist man, solange man noch imstande ist, den eigenen Geburtstag zu vergessen.
A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.
Ein Kuß ist ein liebenswerter Trick der Natur, ein Gespräch zu unterbrechen, wenn Worte überflüssig werden.
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
Man hat im Leben die Wahl, entweder mit der Masse mitzulaufen oder vor ihr davonzulaufen.
I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
Glück bedeutet eine gute Gesundheit und ein schlechtes Gedächtnis.
I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!
Warten können ist eine große Kunst, nichts erwarten eine noch größere.
Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
Glück ist immer das, was man dafür hält.
I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
Ich bedaure nicht, was ich getan habe. Ich bedaure, was ich nicht getan habe.
I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
Ich glaube, mein Leben war wundervoll. Ich habe getan, wozu ich Lust hatte. Mir wurde Mut geschenkt und Abenteuergeist, und das hat mich getragen. Und dann auch Sinn für Humor und ein bisschen gesunder Menschenverstand. Es war ein sehr reiches Leben.
There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.
Die meisten Menschen sind unglücklich, weil sie, wenn sie glücklich sind, noch glücklicher werden wollen.
I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.
Ich habe die Schauspielerei nicht gewählt, sie hat mich gewählt.
Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.
I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.
Freitag, 28. August 2015
Happy Birthday Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
Man sollte alle Tage wenigstens ein kleines Lied hören, ein gutes Gedicht lesen, ein treffliches Gemälde sehen und, wenn es möglich zu machen wäre, einige vernünftige Worte sprechen.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel.
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
Man kann die Erfahrung nicht früh genug machen, wie entbehrlich man in der Welt ist.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Auch aus Steinen, die einem in den Weg gelegt werden, kann man Schönes bauen.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Wenn du eine weise Antwort verlangst, musst du vernünftig fragen.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Halte immer an der Gegenwart fest. Jeder Zustand, ja jeder Augenblick ist von unendlichem Wert, denn er ist der Repräsentant einer ganzen Ewigkeit.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Der Patriotismus verdirbt die Geschichte.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
Es hört doch jeder nur, was er versteht.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Wir erschrecken über unsere eigenen Sünden, wenn wir sie an anderen erblicken.
No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.
Wer sich den Gesetzen nicht fügen will, muss die Gegend verlassen, wo sie gelten.
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
Das Menschenleben ist seltsam eingerichtet: Nach den Jahren der Last hat man die Last der Jahre.
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
Es ist nicht genug zu wissen - man muss auch anwenden. Es ist nicht genug zu wollen - man muss auch tun.
We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.
Gegner glauben uns zu widerlegen, indem sie ihre Meinung wiederholen und auf die unsre nicht achten.
Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.
Man kann nicht immer ein Held sein, aber man kann immer ein Mann sein.
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Nichts ist schrecklicher als ein Lehrer, der nicht mehr weiß als das, was die Schüler wissen sollen.
I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
Edel sei der Mensch, hilfreich und gut.
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
Gerne der Zeiten gedenk' ich, da alle Glieder gelenkig - bis auf eins. Doch die Zeiten sind vorüber, steif geworden alle Glieder - bis auf eins.
To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
Wer nicht mehr liebt und nicht mehr irrt, der lasse sich begraben.
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
Der Charakter ruht auf der Persönlichkeit, nicht auf den Talenten.
Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
Lehre tut viel, aber Aufmunterung tut alles.
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Es nimmt der Augenblick, was Jahre geben.
What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.
Jede Lösung eines Problems ist ein neues Problem.
I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
Gewisse Bücher scheinen geschrieben zu sein, nicht damit man daraus lerne, sondern damit man wisse, dass der Verfasser etwas gewusst hat.
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
Es bleibt einem jeden immer noch so viel Kraft, das auszuführen, wovon er überzeugt ist.
The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
Blumen sind die schönen Worte und Hieroglyphen der Natur, mit denen sie uns andeutet, wie lieb sie uns hat.
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.
Die Welt urteilt nach dem Scheine.
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
Es muss von Herzen kommen, was auf Herzen wirken soll.
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
Dankbarkeit ist manchmal ein Band, oft aber eine Fessel.
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Ironie ist das Körnchen Salz, das das Aufgetischte überhaupt erst genießbar macht.
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
Missverständnisse und Trägheit machen vielleicht mehr Irrungen in der Welt als List und Bosheit.
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Wo viel Licht ist, ist starker Schatten.
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Der Undank ist immer eine Art Schwäche. Ich habe nie gesehen, dass tüchtige Menschen undankbar gewesen wären.
To create something you must be something.
Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
Einer neuen Wahrheit ist nichts schädlicher als ein alter Irrtum.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Glücklich allein ist die Seele, die liebt.
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Das Gleiche lässt uns in Ruhe, aber der Widerspruch ist es, der uns produktiv macht.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Es irrt der Mensch, solang er strebt.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
Wer sichere Schritte tun will, muss sie langsam tun.
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
Es ist ein großer Unterschied, ob ich lese zum Genuss und Belebung oder zur Erkenntnis und Belehrung.
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
In Partnerschaften muss man sich manchmal streiten, denn dadurch erfährt man etwas mehr voneinander.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Willst du dich am Ganzen erquicken, so musst du das Ganze im Kleinsten erblicken.
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
Zur Resignation gehört Charakter.
I love those who yearn for the impossible.
Man könnt' erzogene Kinder gebären, wenn die Eltern erzogen wären.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Das Höchste, wozu der Mensch gelangen kann, ist das Erstaunen.
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Es gibt viele Menschen, die sich einbilden, was sie erfahren, verstünden sie auch.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Ältere Bekanntschaften und Freundschaften haben vor neuen hauptsächlich das voraus, dass man sich einander schon viel verziehen hat.
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Jede große Idee, sobald sie in die Erscheinung tritt, wirkt tyrannisch.
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
Wenn man alle Gesetze studieren sollte, so hätte man gar keine Zeit, sie zu übertreten.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
Eigentlich lernen wir nur aus Büchern, die wir nicht beurteilen können. Der Autor eines Buches, das wir beurteilen können, müsste von uns lernen.
If I love you, what business is it of yours?
Prüfungen erwarte bis zuletzt.
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Vor einer Revolution ist alles Bestreben, nachher verwandelt sich alles in Forderung.
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden, man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
Die Kunst ist eine Vermittlerin des Unaussprechlichen.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Beifall lässt sich, wie Gegenliebe, nur wünschen, nicht erzwingen.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Wer das erste Knopfloch verfehlt, kommt mit dem Zuknöpfen nicht zu Rande.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Wenn man von den Leuten Pflichten fordert und ihnen keine Rechte zugestehen will, muss man sie gut bezahlen.
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
Das beste Monument des Menschen ist der Mensch.
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.
Gewöhnlich glaubt der Mensch, wenn er nur Worte hört, es müsse sich dabei doch auch was denken lassen.
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
Geschichten schreiben ist eine Art, sich das Vergangene vom Halse zu schaffen.
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Unsere Eigenschaften müssen wir kultivieren, nicht unsere Eigenheiten.
On all the peaks lies peace.
In Bibliotheken fühlt man sich wie in der Gegenwart eines großen Kapitals, das geräuschlos unberechenbare Zinsen spendet.
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
Wem zu glauben ist, redlicher Freund, das kann ich dir sagen: Glaube dem Leben; es lehrt besser als Redner und Buch.
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Alles auf der Welt kommt auf einen gescheiten Einfall und auf einen festen Entschluss an.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Alles ist Kampf, Ringen. Nur der verdient die Liebe und das Leben, der täglich sie erobern muss.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Erfahrung ist fast immer eine Parodie auf die Idee.
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.
Durch nichts bezeichnen die Menschen mehr ihren Charakter als durch das, was sie lächerlich finden.
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
Gegenüber der Fähigkeit, die Arbeit eines einzigen Tages sinnvoll zu ordnen, ist alles andere im Leben ein Kinderspiel.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Man reist ja nicht um anzukommen, sondern um zu reisen.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Willkürlich handeln ist des Reichen Glück.
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Das schönste Glück des denkenden Menschen ist, das Erforschliche erforscht zu haben und das Unerforschliche zu verehren.
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
An unmöglichen Dingen soll man selten verzweifeln, an schweren nie.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Schönheit ist überall ein gar willkommener Gast.
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
Wer spät im Leben sich verstellen lernt, der hat den Schein der Ehrlichkeit voraus.
I call architecture frozen music.
Der Witz setzt immer ein Publikum voraus. Darum kann man den Witz auch nicht bei sich behalten. Für sich allein ist man nicht witzig.
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Unsere Wünsche sind Vorgefühle der Fähigkeiten, die in uns liegen, Vorboten desjenigen, was wir zu leisten imstande sein werden.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
Der Feige droht nur, wo er sicher ist.
Wisdom is found only in truth.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel.
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
Man kann die Erfahrung nicht früh genug machen, wie entbehrlich man in der Welt ist.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Auch aus Steinen, die einem in den Weg gelegt werden, kann man Schönes bauen.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Wenn du eine weise Antwort verlangst, musst du vernünftig fragen.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Halte immer an der Gegenwart fest. Jeder Zustand, ja jeder Augenblick ist von unendlichem Wert, denn er ist der Repräsentant einer ganzen Ewigkeit.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Der Patriotismus verdirbt die Geschichte.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
Es hört doch jeder nur, was er versteht.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Wir erschrecken über unsere eigenen Sünden, wenn wir sie an anderen erblicken.
No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.
Wer sich den Gesetzen nicht fügen will, muss die Gegend verlassen, wo sie gelten.
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
Das Menschenleben ist seltsam eingerichtet: Nach den Jahren der Last hat man die Last der Jahre.
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
Es ist nicht genug zu wissen - man muss auch anwenden. Es ist nicht genug zu wollen - man muss auch tun.
We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.
Gegner glauben uns zu widerlegen, indem sie ihre Meinung wiederholen und auf die unsre nicht achten.
Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.
Man kann nicht immer ein Held sein, aber man kann immer ein Mann sein.
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Nichts ist schrecklicher als ein Lehrer, der nicht mehr weiß als das, was die Schüler wissen sollen.
I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
Edel sei der Mensch, hilfreich und gut.
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
Gerne der Zeiten gedenk' ich, da alle Glieder gelenkig - bis auf eins. Doch die Zeiten sind vorüber, steif geworden alle Glieder - bis auf eins.
To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
Wer nicht mehr liebt und nicht mehr irrt, der lasse sich begraben.
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
Der Charakter ruht auf der Persönlichkeit, nicht auf den Talenten.
Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
Lehre tut viel, aber Aufmunterung tut alles.
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Es nimmt der Augenblick, was Jahre geben.
What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.
Jede Lösung eines Problems ist ein neues Problem.
I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
Gewisse Bücher scheinen geschrieben zu sein, nicht damit man daraus lerne, sondern damit man wisse, dass der Verfasser etwas gewusst hat.
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
Es bleibt einem jeden immer noch so viel Kraft, das auszuführen, wovon er überzeugt ist.
The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
Blumen sind die schönen Worte und Hieroglyphen der Natur, mit denen sie uns andeutet, wie lieb sie uns hat.
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.
Die Welt urteilt nach dem Scheine.
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
Es muss von Herzen kommen, was auf Herzen wirken soll.
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
Dankbarkeit ist manchmal ein Band, oft aber eine Fessel.
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Ironie ist das Körnchen Salz, das das Aufgetischte überhaupt erst genießbar macht.
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
Missverständnisse und Trägheit machen vielleicht mehr Irrungen in der Welt als List und Bosheit.
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Wo viel Licht ist, ist starker Schatten.
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Der Undank ist immer eine Art Schwäche. Ich habe nie gesehen, dass tüchtige Menschen undankbar gewesen wären.
To create something you must be something.
Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
Einer neuen Wahrheit ist nichts schädlicher als ein alter Irrtum.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Glücklich allein ist die Seele, die liebt.
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Das Gleiche lässt uns in Ruhe, aber der Widerspruch ist es, der uns produktiv macht.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Es irrt der Mensch, solang er strebt.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
Wer sichere Schritte tun will, muss sie langsam tun.
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
Es ist ein großer Unterschied, ob ich lese zum Genuss und Belebung oder zur Erkenntnis und Belehrung.
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
In Partnerschaften muss man sich manchmal streiten, denn dadurch erfährt man etwas mehr voneinander.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Willst du dich am Ganzen erquicken, so musst du das Ganze im Kleinsten erblicken.
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
Zur Resignation gehört Charakter.
I love those who yearn for the impossible.
Man könnt' erzogene Kinder gebären, wenn die Eltern erzogen wären.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Das Höchste, wozu der Mensch gelangen kann, ist das Erstaunen.
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Es gibt viele Menschen, die sich einbilden, was sie erfahren, verstünden sie auch.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Ältere Bekanntschaften und Freundschaften haben vor neuen hauptsächlich das voraus, dass man sich einander schon viel verziehen hat.
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Jede große Idee, sobald sie in die Erscheinung tritt, wirkt tyrannisch.
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
Wenn man alle Gesetze studieren sollte, so hätte man gar keine Zeit, sie zu übertreten.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
Eigentlich lernen wir nur aus Büchern, die wir nicht beurteilen können. Der Autor eines Buches, das wir beurteilen können, müsste von uns lernen.
If I love you, what business is it of yours?
Prüfungen erwarte bis zuletzt.
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Vor einer Revolution ist alles Bestreben, nachher verwandelt sich alles in Forderung.
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden, man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
Die Kunst ist eine Vermittlerin des Unaussprechlichen.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Beifall lässt sich, wie Gegenliebe, nur wünschen, nicht erzwingen.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Wer das erste Knopfloch verfehlt, kommt mit dem Zuknöpfen nicht zu Rande.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Wenn man von den Leuten Pflichten fordert und ihnen keine Rechte zugestehen will, muss man sie gut bezahlen.
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
Das beste Monument des Menschen ist der Mensch.
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.
Gewöhnlich glaubt der Mensch, wenn er nur Worte hört, es müsse sich dabei doch auch was denken lassen.
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
Geschichten schreiben ist eine Art, sich das Vergangene vom Halse zu schaffen.
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Unsere Eigenschaften müssen wir kultivieren, nicht unsere Eigenheiten.
On all the peaks lies peace.
In Bibliotheken fühlt man sich wie in der Gegenwart eines großen Kapitals, das geräuschlos unberechenbare Zinsen spendet.
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
Wem zu glauben ist, redlicher Freund, das kann ich dir sagen: Glaube dem Leben; es lehrt besser als Redner und Buch.
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Alles auf der Welt kommt auf einen gescheiten Einfall und auf einen festen Entschluss an.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Alles ist Kampf, Ringen. Nur der verdient die Liebe und das Leben, der täglich sie erobern muss.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Erfahrung ist fast immer eine Parodie auf die Idee.
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.
Durch nichts bezeichnen die Menschen mehr ihren Charakter als durch das, was sie lächerlich finden.
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
Gegenüber der Fähigkeit, die Arbeit eines einzigen Tages sinnvoll zu ordnen, ist alles andere im Leben ein Kinderspiel.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Man reist ja nicht um anzukommen, sondern um zu reisen.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Willkürlich handeln ist des Reichen Glück.
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Das schönste Glück des denkenden Menschen ist, das Erforschliche erforscht zu haben und das Unerforschliche zu verehren.
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
An unmöglichen Dingen soll man selten verzweifeln, an schweren nie.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Schönheit ist überall ein gar willkommener Gast.
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
Wer spät im Leben sich verstellen lernt, der hat den Schein der Ehrlichkeit voraus.
I call architecture frozen music.
Der Witz setzt immer ein Publikum voraus. Darum kann man den Witz auch nicht bei sich behalten. Für sich allein ist man nicht witzig.
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Unsere Wünsche sind Vorgefühle der Fähigkeiten, die in uns liegen, Vorboten desjenigen, was wir zu leisten imstande sein werden.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
Der Feige droht nur, wo er sicher ist.
Wisdom is found only in truth.
Mittwoch, 26. August 2015
Happy Birthday Chris Pine! LLAP
The authentic experience, where is that? Living the moment. That is something that we're losing.
The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.
The mythic journey is always about selflessness.
Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.
Therapy's like going to the gym.
Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.
What am I going to tweet about? My sneakers?
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.
I grew up in a house where my father went on auditions, and he got some and he lost some, and there were good years and lean years. I didn't expect anything from the business, and that's often a danger in Hollywood, the notion that if you're pretty and have white teeth and just show up for the game then you'll win.
Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.
Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad. We always go out with the best of intentions, whether it's fluffy comedy or a drama.
There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.
The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.
For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.
Film is just a different version of what we did round the campfire when we were Neanderthals. We tell stories so people can learn things and relativise things.
Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.
I like a fragrance that you notice and want to find out more about - get a bit closer. I don't want to walk in and be jolted awake by someone's smell.
Not a fan of spiders. I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia,' which was single-handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life.
More than anything, what we do as actors is to sit and watch, and I would never want to get so lost in the celebrity bubble I couldn't do that because my feet no longer touch the ground.
The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen.
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
I work out because that's my job, but what I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head, and one great way to do that is to sweat your face off. And to know that, if you're thinking of anything else, you're not working intensely enough.
I think the first thing that I saw on IMAX was 'The Avengers.' The scope and the size of it are pretty neat, I will say that.
I cry all the time - at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. 'The Notebook' killed me. 'Up' destroyed me.
I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.
My fans have designated themselves the, uh, 'Pine Nuts.' They're a nutty bunch.
I would love to do more theatre, musicals... everything.
You have to be able to carry a conversation. I think after the initial attraction kind of dies down. The lust dies down. There has to be the thing that engages you.
Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.
I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.
I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.
I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you.
My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.
I'm more cerebral than I want to be.
I've worked Keira Knightley quite a bit and Kevin Costner.
We come from fallible parents who were kids once, who decided to have kids and who had to learn how to be parents. Faults are made and damage is done, whether it's conscious or not. Everyone's got their own 'stuff,' their own issues, and their own anger at Mom and Dad. That is what family is. Family is almost naturally dysfunctional.
Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again.
After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.
Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.
When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves - the misfits.
Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.
I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to bed with the lights off, totally. That's why they make nightlights.
For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.
Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.
'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.
I really like the ritual of shaving. I like getting the perfect brush and finding the right sandalwood soap. The act of shaving, though, is not fun. I like beards and the ease of them.
I have worked hard to get where I am.
As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?'
I usually just end up at home on my couch - reading.
The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.
If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?
The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.
The mythic journey is always about selflessness.
Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.
Therapy's like going to the gym.
Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.
What am I going to tweet about? My sneakers?
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.
I grew up in a house where my father went on auditions, and he got some and he lost some, and there were good years and lean years. I didn't expect anything from the business, and that's often a danger in Hollywood, the notion that if you're pretty and have white teeth and just show up for the game then you'll win.
Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.
Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad. We always go out with the best of intentions, whether it's fluffy comedy or a drama.
There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.
The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.
For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.
Film is just a different version of what we did round the campfire when we were Neanderthals. We tell stories so people can learn things and relativise things.
Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.
I like a fragrance that you notice and want to find out more about - get a bit closer. I don't want to walk in and be jolted awake by someone's smell.
Not a fan of spiders. I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia,' which was single-handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life.
More than anything, what we do as actors is to sit and watch, and I would never want to get so lost in the celebrity bubble I couldn't do that because my feet no longer touch the ground.
The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen.
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
I work out because that's my job, but what I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head, and one great way to do that is to sweat your face off. And to know that, if you're thinking of anything else, you're not working intensely enough.
I think the first thing that I saw on IMAX was 'The Avengers.' The scope and the size of it are pretty neat, I will say that.
I cry all the time - at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. 'The Notebook' killed me. 'Up' destroyed me.
I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.
My fans have designated themselves the, uh, 'Pine Nuts.' They're a nutty bunch.
I would love to do more theatre, musicals... everything.
You have to be able to carry a conversation. I think after the initial attraction kind of dies down. The lust dies down. There has to be the thing that engages you.
Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.
I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.
I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.
I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you.
My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.
I'm more cerebral than I want to be.
I've worked Keira Knightley quite a bit and Kevin Costner.
We come from fallible parents who were kids once, who decided to have kids and who had to learn how to be parents. Faults are made and damage is done, whether it's conscious or not. Everyone's got their own 'stuff,' their own issues, and their own anger at Mom and Dad. That is what family is. Family is almost naturally dysfunctional.
Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again.
After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.
Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.
When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves - the misfits.
Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.
I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to bed with the lights off, totally. That's why they make nightlights.
For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.
Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.
'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.
I really like the ritual of shaving. I like getting the perfect brush and finding the right sandalwood soap. The act of shaving, though, is not fun. I like beards and the ease of them.
I have worked hard to get where I am.
As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?'
I usually just end up at home on my couch - reading.
The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.
If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?
Dienstag, 25. August 2015
Happy Birthday Tim Burton!
I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words.
Wenn ich mich an einem Horror-Film versuchen sollte, würde ich ein realistisches Porträt meiner Heimat Burbank drehen - das wäre sehr schockierend.
Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a certain simplicity that you had. It's less about staying in childhood than keeping a certain spirit of seeing things in a different way.
One person's crazyness is another person's reality.
Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.
Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?
My parents suffered from that ideal of a perfect nuclear family. They found that a difficult pressure, I think.
It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.
I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality.
Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.
People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.
I always liked strange characters.
When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed off about it.
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book.
You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.
There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things.
I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith.
I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark.
If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy.
There's something about seeing this little inanimate object coming to life that's just very exciting. That's why with 'Nightmare' I held out for so long to do it.
In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.
I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.
A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.
I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was. I was much more terrified by my own family and real life, you know?
I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.
Wenn ich mich an einem Horror-Film versuchen sollte, würde ich ein realistisches Porträt meiner Heimat Burbank drehen - das wäre sehr schockierend.
Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a certain simplicity that you had. It's less about staying in childhood than keeping a certain spirit of seeing things in a different way.
One person's crazyness is another person's reality.
Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.
Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?
My parents suffered from that ideal of a perfect nuclear family. They found that a difficult pressure, I think.
It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.
I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality.
Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.
People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.
I always liked strange characters.
When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed off about it.
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book.
You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.
There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things.
I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith.
I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark.
If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy.
There's something about seeing this little inanimate object coming to life that's just very exciting. That's why with 'Nightmare' I held out for so long to do it.
In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.
I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.
A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.
I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was. I was much more terrified by my own family and real life, you know?
I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.
Happy Birthday Sir Sean Connery!
I don't think I'll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over.
Alle Männer sind eitel - vor allem jene, die es nicht zugeben.
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.
Die meisten Menschen denken hauptsächlich über das nach, was die anderen Menschen über sie denken.
I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again - but that might take a little bit longer.
Im Leben muß man meistens zwischen seinem guten Ruf und seinem Vergnügen wählen.
It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie.
Frauen müssen ab und zu eins auf den Hintern bekommen. Manchen gefällt's.
You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
Ich bin Schauspieler. Das ist keine Gehirnchirurgie. Wenn ich meine Sache ordentlich mache, dann werden die Leute schon nicht ihr Geld zurückverlangen.
There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.
Ich gebe zu, dass ich gut bezahlt werde, aber es ist nicht mehr, als mir zusteht. Schließlich bin ich öfter gefickt worden als eine Nutte.
I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.
Alte Männer, die jungen Mädchen hinterherjagen, tun mir leid.
Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.
Manche Leute altern, andere reifen.
I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.
Zu den Vorteilen des fortgeschrittenen Alters gehört offenbar, daß ich im Kino wie auch privat als eine Art Weiser betrachtet werde.
I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker.
I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.
I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them.
Some age, others mature.
I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.
I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.
There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic.
There's one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems!
If anything could have pulled me out of retirement, it would have been an Indiana Jones film.
Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.
The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.
I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.
I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.
I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.
There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.
There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.
Alle Männer sind eitel - vor allem jene, die es nicht zugeben.
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.
Die meisten Menschen denken hauptsächlich über das nach, was die anderen Menschen über sie denken.
I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again - but that might take a little bit longer.
Im Leben muß man meistens zwischen seinem guten Ruf und seinem Vergnügen wählen.
It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie.
Frauen müssen ab und zu eins auf den Hintern bekommen. Manchen gefällt's.
You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
Ich bin Schauspieler. Das ist keine Gehirnchirurgie. Wenn ich meine Sache ordentlich mache, dann werden die Leute schon nicht ihr Geld zurückverlangen.
There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.
Ich gebe zu, dass ich gut bezahlt werde, aber es ist nicht mehr, als mir zusteht. Schließlich bin ich öfter gefickt worden als eine Nutte.
I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.
Alte Männer, die jungen Mädchen hinterherjagen, tun mir leid.
Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.
Manche Leute altern, andere reifen.
I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.
Zu den Vorteilen des fortgeschrittenen Alters gehört offenbar, daß ich im Kino wie auch privat als eine Art Weiser betrachtet werde.
I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker.
I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.
I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them.
Some age, others mature.
I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.
I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.
There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic.
There's one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems!
If anything could have pulled me out of retirement, it would have been an Indiana Jones film.
Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.
The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.
I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.
I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.
I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.
There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.
There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.
Montag, 24. August 2015
Happy Birthday Duke Kahanamoku!
Out of the water, I am nothing.
I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.
Don't talk - keep it in your heart.
I hardly remember whether I learned how to walk or how to swim first. One of the first things I remember is taking a cracker box board and pushing it ahead of me to swim out into the surf, using it like a surfboard. You can take a small board and go a long way. I used to swim out, turn around and come back through the surf. Afterward, I used a surfboard, of course.
A funny thing about my swimming is that from the time I was a kid I used a modern crawl kick. That's supposed to be a modern invention, but I used it naturally - always used it. Nobody ever showed it to me.
I like the feel of the fresh air and the salt water. I believe in keeping active.
Before I left that fabulous land, the Australians had already turned to making their own boards and practicing what I had shown them in the surf.
I have no doubt the ancient Hawaiians used every stroke we know and perhaps had better swimming form than we'll ever have.
I always eat whatever I feel like eating. I eat fruit, vegetables, steak - anything. I eat pie and ice cream if I want it. I eat fish. Sometimes I eat fish raw, in our ancient way.
I swim all the year round at Honolulu. The water doesn't change much.
Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.
Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.
I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.
I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.
Don't talk - keep it in your heart.
I hardly remember whether I learned how to walk or how to swim first. One of the first things I remember is taking a cracker box board and pushing it ahead of me to swim out into the surf, using it like a surfboard. You can take a small board and go a long way. I used to swim out, turn around and come back through the surf. Afterward, I used a surfboard, of course.
A funny thing about my swimming is that from the time I was a kid I used a modern crawl kick. That's supposed to be a modern invention, but I used it naturally - always used it. Nobody ever showed it to me.
I like the feel of the fresh air and the salt water. I believe in keeping active.
Before I left that fabulous land, the Australians had already turned to making their own boards and practicing what I had shown them in the surf.
I have no doubt the ancient Hawaiians used every stroke we know and perhaps had better swimming form than we'll ever have.
I always eat whatever I feel like eating. I eat fruit, vegetables, steak - anything. I eat pie and ice cream if I want it. I eat fish. Sometimes I eat fish raw, in our ancient way.
I swim all the year round at Honolulu. The water doesn't change much.
Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.
Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.
I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.
Sonntag, 23. August 2015
Happy Birthday Bob Crosby!
Bing was always hesitant to accept appreciation in any form.
I didn't want people to say his brother Bing sings better than he does.
I didn't want to be compared with Bing.
But just as I was ready to call it quits, I got the necessary money from a third party, who had been instructed by Bing to help me out, without letting me know where the help came from.
He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.
I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility.
I didn't want people to say his brother Bing sings better than he does.
I didn't want to be compared with Bing.
But just as I was ready to call it quits, I got the necessary money from a third party, who had been instructed by Bing to help me out, without letting me know where the help came from.
He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.
I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility.
Donnerstag, 20. August 2015
Happy Birthday Kalle Pohl!
Früher hat man bei Scharping gedacht, der Kämpft doch mit dem Valium vom Vorabend.
Dalmatiner sind schon ältere Hunde, die gibt es nur noch in schwarzweiß.
Viele Leute gehen schon nicht mehr ins Reformhaus, weil sie fürchten, da steht Schröder hinter der Theke.
Der Eichel hat die Tabaksteuer erhöht. Vier Pfennig pro Zigarette für die innere Sicherheit. Auf den Zigarettenpackungen steht dann nicht mehr nur: Rauchen gefährdet die Gesundheit, sondern: Nichtrauchen gefährdet die innere Sicherheit.
5x voll im Bahnhof – wenn das kein Grund ist, diese Bühne und das engagierte Team zu unterstützen!!
Ich bleibe bei den Bio–Produkten: bei Bio–Fleisch, Bio–Gemüse, Bio–Lehrerinnen.
Warum muss meine Frau immer staubsaugen, wenn ich zu Hause bin. Kann sie das nicht nachts machen?
Viagra kommt als Nasenspray raus – da werden einige Leute ihre Nase noch höher tragen!
Viele Leute gehen schon nicht mehr ins Reformhaus, weil sie fürchten, da steht Schröder hinter der Theke.
Dalmatiner sind schon ältere Hunde, die gibt es nur noch in schwarzweiß.
Viele Leute gehen schon nicht mehr ins Reformhaus, weil sie fürchten, da steht Schröder hinter der Theke.
Der Eichel hat die Tabaksteuer erhöht. Vier Pfennig pro Zigarette für die innere Sicherheit. Auf den Zigarettenpackungen steht dann nicht mehr nur: Rauchen gefährdet die Gesundheit, sondern: Nichtrauchen gefährdet die innere Sicherheit.
5x voll im Bahnhof – wenn das kein Grund ist, diese Bühne und das engagierte Team zu unterstützen!!
Ich bleibe bei den Bio–Produkten: bei Bio–Fleisch, Bio–Gemüse, Bio–Lehrerinnen.
Warum muss meine Frau immer staubsaugen, wenn ich zu Hause bin. Kann sie das nicht nachts machen?
Viagra kommt als Nasenspray raus – da werden einige Leute ihre Nase noch höher tragen!
Viele Leute gehen schon nicht mehr ins Reformhaus, weil sie fürchten, da steht Schröder hinter der Theke.
Happy Birthday Hans Meiser!
Margarethe Schreinemakers ist eine ganz, ganz Große.
Für ältere Leute wird kein Fernsehen gemacht. Wir sind ja angeblich alle doof, zittrig und dement.
Jeder Mann ist ein Macho. Wer das Gegenteil behauptet, der lügt. Es gibt aber auch Machas.
Ich bin halt ein furchtbar ungeduldiger Mensch, manchmal sogar ein Arsch.
Für ältere Leute wird kein Fernsehen gemacht. Wir sind ja angeblich alle doof, zittrig und dement.
Jeder Mann ist ein Macho. Wer das Gegenteil behauptet, der lügt. Es gibt aber auch Machas.
Ich bin halt ein furchtbar ungeduldiger Mensch, manchmal sogar ein Arsch.
Mittwoch, 19. August 2015
Happy Birthday Jonathan Frakes!
I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.
Die Stärke einer Zivilisation wird nicht gemessen an ihrer Fähigkeit, Kriege zu führen, sondern vielmehr an ihrer Fähigkeit, sie zu vermeiden.
I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.
Wir müssen die Logik jener Geschichte hinterfragen, einen allwissenden und allmächtigen Gott zu haben, welcher fehlerhafte Menschen erschafft und ihnen dann für seine Irrtümer die Schuld zuweist.
I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish.
Irgendwer hat mal gesagt: 'Versuche nicht, ein großer Mann zu sein, sei einfach ein Mann. Und laß die Geschichte ihr eigenes Urteil fällen.
I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.
Wir tun das nur, weil sich unsere mentalen Nervenbahnen an Ihre sensorischen Eingangsmuster gewöhnt haben.
I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into.
Glatt wie eine Androiden-Po.
Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.
Das Schicksal beschützt Narren, Kinder, und Schiffe mit dem Namen Enterprise.
If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better.
Das Schicksal beschützt Narren, kleine Kinder und Schiffe mit dem Namen Enterprise.
I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.
Sprechen Sie nur für sich selbst, Sir. Ich habe vor, ewig zu leben.
No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!
Nein. Sie sagten "ich schätze".
I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.
Sie wissen doch noch, wie man Phaser abfeuert?
I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.
I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.
Keep notes. This project might turn out to be of interest to future scholars.
Red alert!
Think about it. A blind man teaching an android to paint? That's got to be worth a couple of pages in someone's book.
You're going to be an interesting companion, Mr. Data.
What's a knock-out like you doing in a computer-generated gin joint like this?
And blowing into maximum warp speed, you appeared for an instant to be in two places at once.
No... The name of my ship is the Lollipop.
Nice to meet you... Pinocchio.
Yes, absolutely I do indeed concur, wholeheartedly!
Fine, fine! Enterprise, out.
Well, the unexpected is our normal routine.
Your shields were failing, sir.
Pinocchio is broken; its strings have been cut.
Removed from command, sir. And placed under guard for his act of personal vengeance. Seems there was no profit in it.
Fate. It protects fools, little children, and ships named "Enterprise."
Maybe if we felt any human loss as keenly as we feel one of those close to us, human history would be far less bloody.
Live long and prosper!
Die Stärke einer Zivilisation wird nicht gemessen an ihrer Fähigkeit, Kriege zu führen, sondern vielmehr an ihrer Fähigkeit, sie zu vermeiden.
I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.
Wir müssen die Logik jener Geschichte hinterfragen, einen allwissenden und allmächtigen Gott zu haben, welcher fehlerhafte Menschen erschafft und ihnen dann für seine Irrtümer die Schuld zuweist.
I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish.
Irgendwer hat mal gesagt: 'Versuche nicht, ein großer Mann zu sein, sei einfach ein Mann. Und laß die Geschichte ihr eigenes Urteil fällen.
I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.
Wir tun das nur, weil sich unsere mentalen Nervenbahnen an Ihre sensorischen Eingangsmuster gewöhnt haben.
I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into.
Glatt wie eine Androiden-Po.
Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.
Das Schicksal beschützt Narren, Kinder, und Schiffe mit dem Namen Enterprise.
If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better.
Das Schicksal beschützt Narren, kleine Kinder und Schiffe mit dem Namen Enterprise.
I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.
Sprechen Sie nur für sich selbst, Sir. Ich habe vor, ewig zu leben.
No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!
Nein. Sie sagten "ich schätze".
I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.
Sie wissen doch noch, wie man Phaser abfeuert?
I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.
I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.
Keep notes. This project might turn out to be of interest to future scholars.
Red alert!
Think about it. A blind man teaching an android to paint? That's got to be worth a couple of pages in someone's book.
You're going to be an interesting companion, Mr. Data.
What's a knock-out like you doing in a computer-generated gin joint like this?
And blowing into maximum warp speed, you appeared for an instant to be in two places at once.
No... The name of my ship is the Lollipop.
Nice to meet you... Pinocchio.
Yes, absolutely I do indeed concur, wholeheartedly!
Fine, fine! Enterprise, out.
Well, the unexpected is our normal routine.
Your shields were failing, sir.
Pinocchio is broken; its strings have been cut.
Removed from command, sir. And placed under guard for his act of personal vengeance. Seems there was no profit in it.
Fate. It protects fools, little children, and ships named "Enterprise."
Maybe if we felt any human loss as keenly as we feel one of those close to us, human history would be far less bloody.
Live long and prosper!
Happy Birthday Gene Roddenberry!
We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.
Wir müssen die Logik jener Geschichte hinterfragen, einen allwissenden und allmächtigen Gott zu haben, welcher fehlerhafte Menschen erschafft und ihnen dann für seine Irrtümer die Schuld zuweist.
His name is 'Mr. Spock.' And the first view of him can be almost frightening - a face so heavy-lidded and satanic you might almost expect him to have a forked tail. Probably half Martian, he has a slightly reddish complexion and semi-pointed ears.
Die Stärke einer Zivilisation wird nicht gemessen an ihrer Fähigkeit, Kriege zu führen, sondern vielmehr an ihrer Fähigkeit, sie zu vermeiden.
'Star Trek' says that it has not all happened, it has not all been discovered, that tomorrow can be as challenging and adventurous as any time man has ever lived.
I handed them a script and they turned it down. It was too controversial. It talked about concepts like, 'Who is God?' The Enterprise meets God in space; God is a life form, and I wanted to suggest that there may have been, at one time in the human beginning, an alien entity that early man believed was God, and kept those legends. But I also wanted to suggest that it might have been as much the Devil as it was God. After all, what kind of god would throw humans out of Paradise for eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One of the Vulcans on board, in a very logical way, says, 'If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He's got so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He goes out and creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes. He's a pretty poor excuse for a supreme being.
Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.
Reality is incredibly larger, infinitely more exciting, than the flesh and blood vehicle we travel in here. If you read science fiction, the more you read it the more you realize that you and the universe are part of the same thing. Science knows still practically nothing about the real nature of matter, energy, dimension, or time; and even less about those remarkable things called life and thought. But whatever the meaning and purpose of this universe, you are a legitimate part of it. And since you are part of the all that is, part of its purpose, there is more to you than just this brief speck of existence. You are just a visitor here in this time and this place, a traveler through it.
If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.
Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard.
It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore you, and you can go on with your life. It wasn't until I was beginning to do Star Trek that the subject of religion arose. What brought it up was that people were saying that I would have a chaplain on board the Enterprise. I replied, "No, we don't.
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man has gone before.
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get away with - promiscuity, greed, jealousy. None of those have a place in 'Star Trek.'
It is important to the typical 'Star Trek' fan that there is a tomorrow. They pretty much share the 'Star Trek' philosophies about life: the fact that it is wrong to interfere in the evolvement of other peoples, that to be different is not necessarily to be wrong or ugly.
I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.
It has become a crusade of mine to demonstrate that TV need not be violent to be exciting.
When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.
The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I hope that 'Star Trek' has helped to show us what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities.
Earth is the nest, the cradle, and we'll move out of it.
'Star Trek' is a 'Wagon Train' concept - built around characters who travel to worlds 'similar' to our own, and meet the action-adventure-drama which become our stories. Their transportation is the cruiser 'S.S. Yorktown,' performing a well-defined and long-range Exploration-Science-Security mission which helps create our format.
The Strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
There was much to put out of his mind. Why was it difficult to forget Chekov's astonished delight which greeted him at the command airlock when he boarded. And on the bridge - Kirk! The mere name made Spock groan inwardly as he remembered what it had cost him to turn away from that welcome. T'hy'la!
Vejur was everything that Spock had ever dreamed of becoming. And yet Vejur was barren! It would never feel pain. Or joy. Or challenge. It was so completely and magnificently logical that its accumulation of knowledge was totally useless.
Technology would have long ago made privacy impossible, except that this had only made it more precious and desirable--and in the close confines of starship life, respect for another's privacy had become a powerful tradition.
If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties.
Wir müssen die Logik jener Geschichte hinterfragen, einen allwissenden und allmächtigen Gott zu haben, welcher fehlerhafte Menschen erschafft und ihnen dann für seine Irrtümer die Schuld zuweist.
His name is 'Mr. Spock.' And the first view of him can be almost frightening - a face so heavy-lidded and satanic you might almost expect him to have a forked tail. Probably half Martian, he has a slightly reddish complexion and semi-pointed ears.
Die Stärke einer Zivilisation wird nicht gemessen an ihrer Fähigkeit, Kriege zu führen, sondern vielmehr an ihrer Fähigkeit, sie zu vermeiden.
'Star Trek' says that it has not all happened, it has not all been discovered, that tomorrow can be as challenging and adventurous as any time man has ever lived.
I handed them a script and they turned it down. It was too controversial. It talked about concepts like, 'Who is God?' The Enterprise meets God in space; God is a life form, and I wanted to suggest that there may have been, at one time in the human beginning, an alien entity that early man believed was God, and kept those legends. But I also wanted to suggest that it might have been as much the Devil as it was God. After all, what kind of god would throw humans out of Paradise for eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One of the Vulcans on board, in a very logical way, says, 'If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He's got so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He goes out and creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes. He's a pretty poor excuse for a supreme being.
Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.
Reality is incredibly larger, infinitely more exciting, than the flesh and blood vehicle we travel in here. If you read science fiction, the more you read it the more you realize that you and the universe are part of the same thing. Science knows still practically nothing about the real nature of matter, energy, dimension, or time; and even less about those remarkable things called life and thought. But whatever the meaning and purpose of this universe, you are a legitimate part of it. And since you are part of the all that is, part of its purpose, there is more to you than just this brief speck of existence. You are just a visitor here in this time and this place, a traveler through it.
If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.
Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard.
It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore you, and you can go on with your life. It wasn't until I was beginning to do Star Trek that the subject of religion arose. What brought it up was that people were saying that I would have a chaplain on board the Enterprise. I replied, "No, we don't.
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission... to boldly go where no man has gone before.
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get away with - promiscuity, greed, jealousy. None of those have a place in 'Star Trek.'
It is important to the typical 'Star Trek' fan that there is a tomorrow. They pretty much share the 'Star Trek' philosophies about life: the fact that it is wrong to interfere in the evolvement of other peoples, that to be different is not necessarily to be wrong or ugly.
I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.
It has become a crusade of mine to demonstrate that TV need not be violent to be exciting.
When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.
The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I hope that 'Star Trek' has helped to show us what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities.
Earth is the nest, the cradle, and we'll move out of it.
'Star Trek' is a 'Wagon Train' concept - built around characters who travel to worlds 'similar' to our own, and meet the action-adventure-drama which become our stories. Their transportation is the cruiser 'S.S. Yorktown,' performing a well-defined and long-range Exploration-Science-Security mission which helps create our format.
The Strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
There was much to put out of his mind. Why was it difficult to forget Chekov's astonished delight which greeted him at the command airlock when he boarded. And on the bridge - Kirk! The mere name made Spock groan inwardly as he remembered what it had cost him to turn away from that welcome. T'hy'la!
Vejur was everything that Spock had ever dreamed of becoming. And yet Vejur was barren! It would never feel pain. Or joy. Or challenge. It was so completely and magnificently logical that its accumulation of knowledge was totally useless.
Technology would have long ago made privacy impossible, except that this had only made it more precious and desirable--and in the close confines of starship life, respect for another's privacy had become a powerful tradition.
If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties.
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