Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful – unless one was striving for mediocrity. – William Hurt
The thing is, I dont believe in most of whats done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy thats put into mediocrity is just amazing which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being. – William Hurt
Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. – William Hurt
But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all. – William Hurt
Lets face it – think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth? – Henry Louis Gates