Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.

It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?

Once you've done it with him, he won't abandon you. If he really loves you, if he's a man with a heart, he'll follow you wherever you go. If he doesn't, he isn't the man you want, is he?

Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it.

The people's voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.

If I had eyes in the back of my head, I would have told you you looked good as I walked away.

Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves

I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.

That which you look upon as your own you may keep only so long as the world allows you to own it.

[Before introducing the nominees for best animated film] If you're at the awards party with the guys who made the Lego Movie, now would be a good time to distract them.

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

Look ere thou leap, see ere thou go.