Schiavelli Quotes

#1. The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the coming century will be described as a community of scholars.

Ernest L. Boyer

#2. I am a great believer rather than the popular scientific way of dealing with things that 'Nothing exists unless you can prove it'. I am pretty much the other way that pretty much anything can exist unless you can disprove it.

Anthony Head

#3. Let no person think lightly of good, saying in his or her heart, "it will not benefit me." As by the falling of raindrops a jar of water is filled, so the wise person becomes full of good, even though he or she collects it little by little.

Gautama Buddha

#4. I get to meet a lot of people, and I really like people.

Vincent Schiavelli

#5. I had a wonderful time playing Dr. Kaufman in Tomorrow Never Dies. It was a real Bond villain, over the top, almost laughable but dangerous.

Vincent Schiavelli

#6. What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food.

Vincent Schiavelli

#7. I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos.

Vincent Schiavelli

#8. I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.

Vincent Schiavelli

#9. Complaining about your current position in life is worthless. Have a spine and do something about it instead.

Robert Kiyosaki

#10. A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures.

Paul Johnson

#11. My grandparents told endless stories about the town they were from. It became an almost mythic place.

Vincent Schiavelli

#12. I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited.

Vincent Schiavelli

#13. You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.

Vincent Schiavelli

#14. On the brink of sleep I have a gloomy thought: that saving yourself is only pushing yourself even deeper into the trap rather than getting out. Dying is the only way out.

Erri De Luca

#15. I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play.

Vincent Schiavelli

#16. My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end.

Vincent Schiavelli

#17. The eye condition that I have is Marfan's Syndrome.

Vincent Schiavelli

#18. Meditation leads you to your spiritual information, and takes you on a journey of getting to know yourself and your creations.

Mary Ellen Flora

#19. Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don't have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have to be an active participant in [my daughter's] education in order for her to thrive in the world.

Viola Davis

#20. Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out.

Vincent Schiavelli

#21. To be a Bond villain, you only get to do that once in your life. You never get to come back.

Vincent Schiavelli