There's a very real argument that the minute we are capable of going to a planet, whether it's Mars or another one, and inhabiting it, that we really should. Ron Howard More Quotes by Ron Howard More Quotes From Ron Howard I always think of the good comebacks on the car ride home. Ron Howard ride good car home Once or twice in the height of 'Happy Days' excitement, which had more to do with Henry Winkler as The Fonz than ever had to do with me, we were kind of like a boy band for a year or so, and we would go out on personal appearances and feel the limousine rocking, and the grabbing at your clothes and people trying to steal your cap. Ron Howard me clothes happy people I love leaving the door open to good ideas. I love the collaborative swirl. I get charged by problem-solving, usually under some kind of stress - the sun is going down, and we have eight minutes, and we have to solve it. Great things come out of it. Ron Howard good stress sun love Anytime you really take a close look at people who are dealing with the aging process, you're going to have a complicated reaction to what you're seeing and feeling. If you're in the middle of it, those emotions are going to be quadrupled. It's immediate, it's relatable, so it's good human drama. Ron Howard good look you people I think it gets overused and tossed around in ways that aren't true. Every impressive achievement is not genius. Ron Howard true think achievement genius When I realized that my big dream was going to come true - 'Night Shift' was a success, 'Splash' was a success, I got the job to do 'Cocoon' - suddenly, I was underway. And I knew my name was rising up the lists. I was going to have a career. I was going to be able to direct movies until I screwed it up. Ron Howard name job success night When you're young and you're striving, it's all uphill, and it's easier to climb. Then, when you get and look around, you sort of say, 'Wow, the altitude's kinda thin up here!' Ron Howard climb say look you I don't believe in perfection, but those acrimony-free gaps during our family holidays can be downright blissful. Ron Howard holidays family perfection believe Outside of his loving family, I'm sure that Andy Griffith was Don Knotts' greatest fan. Ron Howard loving greatest outside family The regrets I have are strong enough that I wouldn't share 'em. I think that you can't live without suffering some. Ron Howard think you strong suffering I developed a theory that, in many ways, the early 'Andy Griffith' episodes especially were an awful lot like a Capra movie. They were a lot like 'Mr. Deeds' or a lot like 'It's a Wonderful Life' in tone and presentation. Ron Howard like presentation deeds life Being a president is an impossible job - it's naive to think someone can do the job and not bend the law here and there. Ron Howard job think law impossible One of the big surprises for me about Einstein was... that he wasn't this big introvert; he was more like a novelist or a painter. It's amazing how close society came to not benefiting from Albert Einstein's genius. Ron Howard amazing me society genius Don't make election popularity largely a matter of which candidate hires the most creative and effective propagandists. Insist that it be, instead, a running conversation with the public. Ron Howard election creative matter conversation I didn't really listen to music when I was doing homework or when I - when I work on a script. I tend to drift to NPR and news. Ron Howard homework news music work I want to work. I'd be unsatisfied if I couldn't be pursuing this. But I love my family more. This is really life. Ron Howard family work love life