“Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be the most successful graduate if you go into the business world and take as much you can get. That's not how nature works. Nature has a much simpler economy. Everything in nature takes what it needs. That's it. You don't see an oak tree gathering up all the resources. An oak tree takes what it needs to be the authentic oak tree it is.” IfsWorldNeedsEconomySuccessfulTreeResourcesSimplicityGraduatesGatheringOaksBusiness WorldOak Tree Author:Tom Shadyac
“Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it.” IfsDoeHomeHappensLyingNightCultureWalksTeachAwakeCheatVegasCheater Author:Tom Shadyac
“I am operating under the philosophy that I will simply use what I need and the rest - even if I still have it somewhere - is not mine. It is others'. It is for the healing of the natural world. And it is in the process of returning.” IfsWorldNeedsStillsPhilosophyUseProcessNaturalHealingMinesNatural World Author:Tom Shadyac
“I was always kind of finding humor to be an access point to the conversation, to a pain relief, if you will. My mother was in a wheelchair since I was very young, so she was in pain and we used humor.” IfsKindPainYoungUsedMotherConversationFindingsAccessReliefWheelchairsPain Relief Author:Tom Shadyac
“I didn't want to hear the usual answers about what's wrong because I believe these are symptoms: global warming, genocide, hunger, poverty, war, environmental crisis. If we can identify the root cause, we can change our ways.” IfsWayWantBelieveWarI BelieveCausesAnswersPovertyRootsCrisisEnvironmentalHungerGlobal WarmingGenocideUsualSymptomsRoot CauseEnvironmental CrisisHunger Poverty Author:Tom Shadyac
“If we exchange bombs for bread there will be less reason for wanting to kill us. I just want to have the conversation.” IfsWantReasonConversationBreadBombs Author:Tom Shadyac
“If you bounce a tennis ball against a wall it will come back to you the same way every time. But if you shift the wall a few degrees it will come back another way.” IfsWayWallDegreesBallsTennisAnother WayBounceTennis Balls Author: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.” IfsLooksWholeStoriesBeautifulMankindLove StoryGod's Love Author:Tom Shadyac
“In movies you can shoot a guy 3,000 times and get a 'PG-13', but if you say the 'F' word twice it's automatically an 'R'. I'll let that be its own comment.” IfsGuyComment Author:Tom Shadyac
