“The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.” PeopleIfsWarRaisesTacticsIntimidatingObjectionsUnpatriotic Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.” IfsWorldFacesComfortableNightmare Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard.” PeopleIfsI CanIdeasSocialFitEastNo IdeaWealthyCoastHarvardElitistEast Coast Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.” IfsCommonSuccessfulOne ThingMilitaryPatriotism Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“My idea in terms of managing a narrative, or in thinking in my creative life, is that you could easily argue that the past, the present and the future all occur simultaneously, and if you can postulate that, then you're not strictly bound to a linear narrative.” IfsThinkingIdeasPastLife IsTermCreativeBoundsArguingNarrativeLinearCreative Life Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth.” IfsWholeEarthFoundHavensPlanetsConceptsOrganismsMarsClueCharmed Author:Tommy Lee Jones
