A man is never so truly and intensely himself as when he is most possessed by God. It is impossible to say where, in the spiritual life, the human will leaves off and divine grace begins.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

The happy people are those who are producing something.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

Take away fear, and the battle of Freedom is half won.

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist.

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been.

I never wanted to be an author or thought I could be.

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head.

Cultivate truth, good faith, experience, cleverness, sociability, and industry.

You did not mention the name of some rich millionaire just by saving anywhere

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

If you don't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.