Quotes about Holy Grail

Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care. Votes: 8

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win. Votes: 8

I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas. Votes: 6

The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression. Votes: 6

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life. Votes: 6

The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English. Votes: 6

My personal mission has always been to empower people to be creative. But the Holy Grail of a tinkerer is to make something that makes something. Votes: 6

We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies. Votes: 6

The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth. Votes: 6

Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had no concern for how well he was received. He played whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. He just wasn't interested in achieving the good opinion of his audience. That's the Holy Grail of acting; of any art form. Votes: 6

Golf's Holy Grail - a genius course. Votes: 4

Junk bonds are the Holy Grail for hostile takeovers. Votes: 4

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering. Votes: 4

30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion. Votes: 4

The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail. Votes: 4

When you're a comedian, the Holy Grail is an hour long HBO special. Votes: 4

I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me. Votes: 4

The Holy Grail of neuroscience has been to understand how and where information is encoded in the brain. Votes: 4

The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine. Votes: 4

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail. Votes: 4

Good food for free has been the holy grail of foragers since our ancestors first climbed down from the trees. Votes: 4

My holy grail is fusion energy. Nuclear fusion has little to no radioactive waste. It's clean. It's very abundant. The fuels are everywhere. There are problems with fusion. Votes: 4

Long walks on the beach are the supposed holy grail of a romantic evening. The beach becomes a kind of utopia - the place where all our dreams come true. Votes: 4

It used to be for writers that that six seasons and a movie thing, that's the holy grail as writers - your series goes eight, 10 seasons, you're set for life. Votes: 4

Some men are searching for the Holy Grail, but there ain't nothing sweeter than riding the rail. Pregnant women and Vietnam vets, beggin on the freeway, bout as hard as it gets. Votes: 4

That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics. Votes: 4

Modern society, which, soon after its birth, pulled Plutus by the hair of his head from the bowels of the earth, greets gold as its Holy Grail, as the glittering incarnation of the very principle of its own life. Votes: 4

I remembered my days and nights of sunshine and starshine, where life was all a wild sweet wonder, a spiritual paradise of unselfish adventure and ethical romance. And I saw before me, ever blazing and burning, the Holy Grail. Votes: 4

The search of the Holy Grail or the voyage towards a new continent never enlisted so much energy and so much faith as does this pursuit of youth by old age. It is a race not of the fleet but of the most credulous. Votes: 4

What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come to commoners as well as courtiers. Like virtue, it is its own reward. Like the Holy Grail, it seldom appears to those who don't pursue it. Votes: 4

If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's block or how to deal with any problem that can come up - whether you're writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting. Votes: 4

I was in this public high school in Princeton, and it had this topnotch jazz program - if you were a musician of any kind of caliber, your holy grail was to be in that orchestra. It was that claim to fame of the school, of the town, other than the university. But it was better than the university band. Votes: 4

Gross National Product is our Holy Grail. Votes: 3

A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series. Votes: 3

In the end what will prevail is your passion not your tale, for love is the Holy Grail. Votes: 3

True cultural connection is the Holy Grail for brands if they want to create an enduring emotional relationship with people. Votes: 3

The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it. Votes: 3

Thinking is not enough. Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience--any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no final solution. Just conflict. Votes: 3

Thinking is not enough. Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience--any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no final solution. Just conflict. Votes: 3

The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we can reduce per capita costs. Votes: 3

[Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail] it is a big story, which is why there are two more films coming, which will bring the total length of the series to 3 hours. Votes: 3

The Quest of the Holy Grail, the Search for the Stone of the Philosophers-by whatever name we choose to call the Great Work-is therefore endless. Success only opens up new avenues of brilliant possibility. Votes: 3

People influence people. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best broadcast message. A trusted referral is the Holy Grail of advertising. Votes: 3

The Holy Grail of advertising has always been advertisement that people want to watch, which occasionally happens. You know, the Super Bowl, people sit there and watch the advertisements. Some print advertising is very beautiful. Votes: 3

Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail: The Tale of the Three Gates is a look at humankind's relationship to the elements which surround them. Oftentimes, these elements encroach on them in a way that is not normal. Votes: 3

The film [ Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail] was shot on a KODAK Zi8 camera as well as on multiple camera phones. It was processed using the effects of FINAL CUT X and then edited in FINAL CUT 7. Votes: 3

The goal was to create a mood, an atmosphere, and I think we have achieved that. We wanted people to not only get in touch with this character but also with themselves [in Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail]. Votes: 3

If it has horses and swords in it, it's a fantasy, unless it also has a rocketship in it, in which case it becomes science fiction. The only thing that'll turn a story with a rocketship in it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail. Votes: 3

That's the Holy Grail right now for the whole media industry, and so that's where most of our efforts are going to: How do we get people to pay for this, and to continue to pay for it as there's more and more competition for their attention? Votes: 3

These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that. Votes: 3

'30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion. Votes: 2

Relevance is a search engine's holy grail. People want results that are closely connected to their queries. Votes: 2

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. Votes: 2

Sleep is like the holy grail. My trainer says if you're tired, your workout will suffer. Sleep is magic stuff. Votes: 2

In capital we trust. Capital is our savior, our holy grail, our fountain of youth, or at least health, for banks. Votes: 2

Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed. Votes: 2

Securities based on risky mortgages are what toppled financial institutions but it was the government that made the mortgages risky in the first place, by making home-ownership statistics the holy grail, for which everything else was to be sacrificed, including commonsense standards for making home loans. Votes: 2

It [Cambridge] wasn't a holy grail in the sense that I'd never been to Cambridge. But then, when I did go, the contrast between Leeds, which was very black and sooty in those days, and Cambridge, which seemed like something out of a fairystory, in the grip of a hard frost, was just wonderful. Votes: 2

Bargains are the holy grail of the true stockpicker. The fact that 10 to 30 percent of our net worth is lost in a market sell-off is of little consequence. We see the latest correction not as a disaster but as an opportunity to acquire more shares at low prices. This is how great fortunes are made over time. Votes: 2

People tweet me all the time and tell me how much they love it, how they can't wait for the show to come back on, that they're addicted to the show. So that's really rewarding. As an artist, we're all looking for that connection to an audience and when you find people as diehard as our fans are - it's sort of like finding the holy grail. Votes: 2

There's no messiahs out here, baby, but I found the holy grail alright. Cause I'm lying in your arms tonight. Votes: 0

After a long time in laboratories, psychologists have discovered the holy grail of a happy marriage: I applied it and it didn't work Votes: 0

The holy grail for a music fan, I think, is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever. Votes: 0

Slept all night in the cedar grove,i was born to ramble, born to rove,some men are searchin' for the holy grail,but there ain't nothin' sweeterthan ridin' the rails Votes: 0