By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products we can sell.

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.

We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.

No man is uninteresting when his hat is blown off and he has to scuttle after it down the street.

Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.

There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.

A boy in love is not mainly a calf but a poet.

Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously to answer wisely to consider soberly and to decide impartially.

I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.

If you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done, but keep trying.

It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.

You gotta become. Not do things in excellence. You gotta become excellent.

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds.Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.

Happy who in his verse can gently steer, From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.

The trick is: you have to feel good for no reason.

I've been dealing with so much press for Brooklyn, and now I am rehearsing for a play, and it is hard.

The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable.