Tom Hanks

Actor American Born 1956 (age 70)

Beloved actor known for everyman charm and iconic roles.

397 quotes

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"
Life
"The most important thing is the mission - to take care of our men and women who are serving"
Leadership
"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great"
Perseverance
"You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen"
Beauty
"Part of me died with him that day in 1944"
Death
"I'm excited about the idea of a man in a computer"
Technology
"We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning"
Knowledge
"The most important thing is the mission - take care of the people in your organization"
Work
"I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with respect to whatever man does on this planet, he is always forced to hope"
Hope
"Stupid is as stupid does"
Wisdom
"The most important thing is that I act with integrity in all things"
Truth
"I do not like to do the same thing over and over again, I like to explore"
Creativity
"There is no such thing as not voting - you either vote by voting, or you vote by not voting"
Politics
"A man looks at his puffed-up accomplishments and all that he has acquired, and senses that they do not suffice"
Success
"I would not be here if I hadn't had faith"
Faith
"We are still in the process of understanding the power of how image and sound work"
Art
"Life is complicated and you can't sum it up with a quote"
Philosophy
"The pleasure of working with the greatest actors is that they make you want to be better"
Friendship
"I do not care how people characterize me"
Freedom
"Dedication is having the sense of purpose and direction"
Motivation
"I have been in love before, and I believed in it with all my heart"
Love
"The key issue is that as we live longer, the diseases that kill us are age-related"
Health
"You can find jokes anywhere, but you have to look for them a little harder"
Humor
"I have to believe that the past is the past. If I carry it with me, it becomes my present"
Change
"The most important thing is the mission"
Courage
"We need to be citizens again - active, engaged, thinking citizens"
Education
"Humor is the best way to deal with stress"
Happiness
"Time is the fire in which we burn"
Time
"I believe that the great thing about acting is that you can reinvent yourself"
Creativity
"Every role teaches me something new"