An eerie feeling plagued the back of her mind, insisting that a supernatural force was within the room, or worse, within her!

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Humility is royalty without a crown.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.

Anything is possible if you've got enough nerve

-to me, the future doesn't seem real. It's just this magical place where I can put my responsibilities so that I don't have to be scared while hurtling toward failure at eight hundred miles per hour.

It's not the way I wanted to spend eternity with the man I love, but it will have to do. At least we are together.

My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough.

There's only about 6 inches that turns that halo into a noose.

Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant.

Film is cool because it's an hour and a half to two hours. It's a great ride. It's typically three acts - beginning, middle and end. It's going on an adventure and by the end it's all cleaned up.

I love writing and can't imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult I wouldn't be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them.

"That's sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know."