Author: Tom Shadyac

Quotes

You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave.

You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave.

- Tom Shadyac

Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.

Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.

- Tom Shadyac

I don't want to be your hero. I want to be your brother. You know, I want to be your family member. I want to be your equal.

I don't want to be your hero. I want to be your brother. You know, I want to be your family member. I want to be your equal.

- Tom Shadyac

I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph.

I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph.

- Tom Shadyac

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

- Tom Shadyac

We are what make up society.

We are what make up society.

- Tom Shadyac

The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.

The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.

- Tom Shadyac

Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.

Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.

- Tom Shadyac

I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.

I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.

- Tom Shadyac

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