We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.
We shape ourselves by our imaginative reach.
A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history.
A profound thought is in a constant state of becoming; it adopts the experience of a life and assumes its shape.
The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.
Without my Vulcan cat suit, Frankenstein wig and pointed ears, I don't get recognized. I love the fact I'm a shape shifter who can go unnoticed.
Looking around, I thought the human species was in fine shape and tried to think of something more beautiful than women and couldn't come up with a thing. The propagation of the species was a dance of total joy.
I don't particularly like the idea that there's an arc to the story and that therefore in this scene you have to convey this bit of information or emotion. I like more the feeling that, of course, there is a shape to the story, but that each scene should feel right, should be true at that moment, and that gradually you accumulate these moments of truth until you get enough of them together that it becomes a story that's interesting.
Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee. " Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape.
Whatever had form or shape must be limited, and could not be eternal.
It's important to realize that words shape our beliefs and impact our actions.
These various forms appear different in shape and size, yet they are of a single essence. . . . The Sixth Patriarch called it "essence of Mind". . . Here the Third Patriarch calls it "timeless Self-essence. " Bankei called it "unborn Buddha-mind. " They all refer to the same thing: Buddha-nature, true self. This essence is not born and can never die. It exists eternally. Some call it energy; others call it spirit. But what is it? No one knows. Any concept we have of what it is can only be an analogy. . . .
I love the idea of doing comedy, whether it's action comedy or just straight comedy. It's such a big, new world for me that I'm starting to realize that any character that I relate to, in any way, shape or form, or that I have any appreciation for, given enough preparation, I can find that person.
We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.
I don't get too upset or bent out of shape from things that go on on the field. But I think that you always want to try to keep it classy. You don't want to do any stupid fouls, and sometimes - sometimes the game gets to you; people react differently.
Obsession is love in an extreme shape.
A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh. '
It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things.
Sound, and therefore music, can help shape or reshape our thoughts, even our cells.