D. A. Pennebaker famous quotes

05-15-2025

After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.
-- D. A. Pennebaker

#Giving #Sacred #Labor
I guess I think that films have to be made totally by fascists -- there's no room for democracy in making film.
-- D. A. Pennebaker

#Thinking #Democracy #Rooms
You can't point a camera at someone and find out what's in their head. But it does the next best thing - it lets you speculate.
-- D. A. Pennebaker

#Cameras #Doe #Next
I would never say no to anything that sounded interesting! The thing I like about making films is that the adventure just begins when you pick up the camera.
-- D. A. Pennebaker

#Adventure #Interesting #Cameras
...candid still photography had taken over... What was interesting was that the photographs came without any intention of instructing you... You're like a cat looking out the window. You don't have to even know what you're watching, but you're watching it, and you're watching it very accurately.
-- D. A. Pennebaker

#Photography #Taken #Cat
We're a family operation. There's not many of us. We have a couple people who come from time to time who work with us. Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us.
-- D. A. Pennebaker

#Couple #Son #People
I think nowadays people are so used taking the camera to the family picnic - so people are less surprised by films made of them, like home movies.
-- D. A. Pennebaker

#Home #Thinking #People

The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis.Â God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!
We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.
The Lord has different names according to His different activities. For example, His name is MadhusÃ¼dana because He killed the demon of the name Madhu; His name is Govinda because He gives pleasure to the cows and to the senses
If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit Nijinsky? And why isn't there a campaign against ballet? It gives girls thick legs
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is well. Subconsciously, we tend to give the preference to 'social peace,' though it be only apparent, because our lives and possessions seem then secure. Actually, human beings acquiesce too easily in evil conditions; they rebel far too little and too seldom. There is nothing noble about acquiescence in a cramped life or mere submission to superior force.
I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.
The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.
We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.
I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it's become it's a labor of love. They love what they do.

D. A. Pennebaker famous quotes

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