Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. . . do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

I've never, nor shall I ever, mourn the loss of a fool. Losing a fool, is the same as gaining, retaining, and reaffirming my intelligence.

We only need grace to endure every situation.

Have you taught her to kill, Priest? Can you teach her such a thing? She's so wise in her innocence, so innocent in her wisdom.

Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die.

Let old ones go. Dont be a memory-monger! Once you were young──now you are even younger.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

Science is an all-pervasive energy, for it is at once a mode of thought, a source of strong emotion, and a faith as fanatical as any in history.

I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within an inch of its life.

I was the world's ugliest baby. I have photos of my folks leaving the hospital with sacks over their heads... I asked my mother how to turn off the electric fan. She said 'Grab the blade!

I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.