Quotes about Experience

But tangible differ from visible and sonorous impressions, in that the latter are perceived by the medium acting in some way upon us, while the former are perceived, not by, but together with, the medium, like a man who is struck through his shield--for it is not the shield which, having been struck, strikes him, but the shield and he are simultaneously struck together.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

I think one of my best qualities is my ability to empathize with people. Perhaps it's because my journey has been so bumpy.

I've had a different career than a lot of different quarterbacks, but this has been a career that I've loved and a position that I like being in.

This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.

I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's like being in church.

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.

I've had the privilege to work with fantastic directors - Ram Gopal Varma, Mani Ratnam, Inder Kumar, to name a few.

Characters never live with me in film the way they do on stage, and they have certain ramifications that movies just never have.

I'm happy with getting older and getting more focused. I thought I was focused when I was young, but you're only as focused as experience will allow you to be.

I played golf with my friends, and then I started to play with the hustlers. And I learned a lot. I learned about golf; I learned about gambling. I learned about everything.

What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.