If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its people.
The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.
The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.
I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory. I wanted them to feel good about what they had accomplished. Not to like losing, but to like the success that they had.
The point of the first one was that it was about guys being lured by sex and the stereotypes. . . I always say it's like a horror version of Borat. Borat's not an accurate depiction of Khazakstan, it's an accurate depiction of America. That's what Hostel is.