"Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive." ― Nikos Kazantzakis Topic(s): Business More From Nikos Kazantzakis "I said to the almond tree, ‘Friend, speak to me of God,’ and the almond tree blossomed." "Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality." "In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can." More In Business "Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things."― Samuel Butler "Just because you’ve made a couple movies, you’ve done some good movies, you’ve been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody’s entitled. It’s a business. If they don’t see it, I can think they’re wrong, but I’m not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film."― Edward Norton "I don’t think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don’t think they know how to run a trailer park."― Billy Graham