In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

All at once it occurs to me that I'm the one who needs to give myself the break, to accept myself for who I am.

You are...beyond my imagination. It's a wonder you can be touched at all.

I didn't become an actor to make money. And I didn't become an actor to be famous - though people always gasp if you say that, as if it's unfathomable that an actor doesn't want to be a star.

Every artist - even if they do Superman, they do Batman, and things like that - they are speaking about his life. Every person, every artist makes his life an artwork.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

The best stuff in life isn't stuff at all... relationships, experiences & meaningful work are the staples of a happy life.

My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort

Quality is my principle and qualified is my attitude.

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.

I used to kiss things all the time. I would have to kiss everything, just about everything. The headboard on my bed, the steering wheel in my car. I think it was an OCD thing.