The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in form and position.
No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.
Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.
The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.
I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows but only empties today of its strength.
You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center you can be left so empty and void.
I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert the empty space the drama.
But to me nothing - the negative the empty - is exceedingly powerful.
I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.
And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.
Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole an empty place and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.
Poetry isn't a profession it's a way of life. It's an empty basket you put your life into it and make something out of that.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
I'm in awe of the universe but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals though even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative whether Buddhist or Catholic.
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.