Evil prospers when good men do nothing.

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.

To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins.

Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.

The first inventions of commerce are, like those of all other arts, cunning and short-sighted.

When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.

I disagreed with the conduct of the war, with bombing civilians, categorizing everyone as the enemy or simply as armed men, with the racism and the disregard for those people.

Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of focusing on all the bad, be thankful for all the good.

I wish there were shortcuts to wisdom and self-knowledge: cuter abysses or three-day spa wilderness experiences. Sadly, it doesn't work that way. I so resent this.

I'm just glad it wasn't Machete Night.

You have to be a speedy reader 'cause there's so, so much to read!

I select my technology based on what I need and I also don't take up what I don't feel that I need.

I could have gone to the gym for three hours a day and bought into all that, but I just wasn't interested.

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.

I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it.

Those who realise their folly are not true fools.