#elf

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#ceases #conception #god #his #itself

The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#beings #even #himself #his #man

I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#began #dawned #doing #got #i

A lot of people come to L.A. looking for something. What I came here for, I realize now, is to be okay with myself. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#come #here #i #i came #looking

So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles. ↗

— Steve Case

#best #comfort #comfort zone #figure #fill

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#artist #entertained #hope #i #i do

The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all. ↗

— John Cassavetes

#artist #cult thing #dare #difficult #difficult thing

I used to psych myself up before the show and now I do the complete opposite: I psych myself down. It's 12:30 at night, you don't want some guy yelling at you. You want some guy just talking to you. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#complete #complete opposite #down #guy #i

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#bad #else #feel #feel good #good

It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#around #come #decided #find #hard