Kevin Kline
“The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.”
“However much we stumble, it is a teacher's burden always to hope that, with learning, a boy’s character might be changed. And so the destiny of a man.”
“As I've gotten older, I realize I'm certain of only two things. Days that begin with rowing on a lake are better than days that do not. Second, a man's character is his fate.”
“Great ambition and conquest without contribution is without significance. What will your contribution be?”
“Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.”
“If you've ever seen the look on somebody's face the day they finally get a job, I've had some experience with this, they look like they could fly. And its not about the paycheck, it's about respect, it's about looking in the mirror and knowing that you've done something valuable with your day. And if one person could start to feel this way, and then another person, and then another person, soon all these other problems may not seem so impossible. You don't really know how much you can do until you, stand up and decide to try.”
“If you've ever seen the look on somebody's face the day they finally get a job, I've had some experience with this, they look like they could fly. And its not about the paycheck, it's about respect, it's about looking in the mirror and knowing that you've done something valuable with your day.”
“Why is it that when someone is successful in one field, they think they know about everything?”
“I want to see what makes a trip this hard worth taking.”
“Neither time nor distance can break the bonds that we feel.”