History has scarcely deigned to notice [Libius Severus's] birth, his elevation, his character, or his death.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

The key for me was to have faith and trust in God to transform me. This was scary because the foundation that once kept me safe and secure was being taken from me!

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to be in the way of intelligence capabilities, not today but 15 to 20 years in the future.

I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion about everything.

Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin their manufacture before we are aware of it.

But I don't want to be a pirate!

We've got a big happy, one corporate family now uniting the corporate Democrats and the corporate Republicans.

I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.

Television allows the audience to argue with the creator in a way you don't in a movie.

The key to happiness is not to make yourself into a different person; it is to let yourself be even more of who you really are.