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How Quotes

The questions behind every choice.

This set of how quotes covers a range of specific curiosities, from wondering how an R rating limits a film's audience to asking how a franchise could work without its signature character. Several reflect on the practical 'how' behind creative decisions rather than abstract philosophy. Related reflections continue in our About quotes.

Luck has a lot to do with how your life develops.

Quotes by Martti Ahtisaari

I made a film that was impossible to make, but I didn't know it was impossible, and that's how I was able to do it.

Quotes by Martin Villeneuve

You don't have to show people how successful you are.

Quotes by Martin Yan

I've always been interested in the manufacturing of narratives, identities, and ideologies, and how they are embodied and negotiated by viewers.

Quotes by Martine Syms

You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is.

Quotes by Martin Mull

The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.

Quotes by Martin Puryear

It's important that everyone realizes how much scientists still don't know.

Quotes by Martin Rees

Indeed, evolutionists don't agree on how divergently our own biosphere could have developed if such contingencies as ice ages and meteorite impacts had happened differently.

Quotes by Martin Rees

I want to learn how to do balloon art and make dolphins.

Quotes by Martin Garrix

I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is.

Quotes by Martin Cruz Smith

Any set of decisions about design is inevitably influenced by cultural prejudice, no matter how intent an architect might be to avoid it.

Quotes by Martin Filler

To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.

Quotes by Martin Buber

We have found that fusions of GFP with the RING finger domains of certain E3 ubiquitin ligases creates an unstable GFP. We have used unstable GFP to learn how disruption of microtubules in the touch receptor neurons causes a generalized...

Quotes by Martin Chalfie

We know what molecules are needed to sense light - what turns that signal that detects light into an electrical signal. We know how smells are detected. But we have a vast number of senses for which we know what...

Quotes by Martin Chalfie

We should be careful and deliberate in how we allow public entry into our vibrant communications marketplace... This is an issue that should be left to our states.

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

I was surprised to see how much the mainstream environmental movement hates the ELF.

Quotes by Marshall Curry

I'm really interested in how non-American countries process race.

Quotes by Marlon James

I was listening to a lot of math rock-y type bands do lots of complex stuff and I couldn't figure out how they were doing it. Then I realized that sometimes they were finger tapping, so I started messing around...

Quotes by Marnie Stern

We're learning how infections are travelling around the world and, sadly, how cholera in Haiti was brought in by U.N. peacekeeping forces from south Asia.

Quotes by Mark Walport

The Full Monty, ah, it's superb. The Full Monty showed how life really is in certain cities of England.

Quotes by Mark Roberts

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "How" quotes explore?
These quotes use "how" to ask real questions — how a rating can limit who sees a film, how fame changes your privacy, and how certain characters feel inseparable from their franchise. For more everyday reflections, see the Always quotes page.
Is there a quote about film ratings?
Yes, one quote reflects on not realizing "how limiting an R rating is," describing a film made as a cautionary tale for young teenagers who ended up not being allowed to see it. For more film-related reflections, see the About quotes page.
Is there a quote about fame and privacy?
Yes — one quote asks directly, "How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy?" It's a candid look at what fame actually costs. For related thoughts, see the Just quotes page.
Is there a quote about movies and their iconic characters?
Yes, one quote asks, "How can you have 'Scream' without Ghostface?" and adds, "It's like 'Friday the 13th' without Jason." It's a fun observation about how tied certain characters are to their films.
Is there a quote about disliking a classic author?
Yes, one quote recalls reading Jane Austen in college and telling "everyone how much I disliked it," including a rough experience with 'Northanger Abbey.' For more on personal opinions like this, see the Know quotes page.

Others ask how someone adjusts to losing their privacy after becoming known, tying the question of 'how' to real personal change. See also Just quotes and Know quotes.