Intellectually, most people never wash. They never free their minds of the accumulated rubbish of centuries.

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second.

All the ills of mankind spring from belonging to a race, a nation, a city, a group of some kind. The ideal would be to belong to none, and to care for allbut who is capable of that?

Art is anything people do with distinction.

A good reputation is better than fame.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

The best live among us in disguise.

Imagination should be integrated with life, not turned into a separate activity, art, that monopolizes one's whole existence.

A critic at best is a waiter at the great table of literature.

You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.

Self-confidence will take you places where degrees and money can't. beliefs in self will always make you a winner.

I think therefore I am. Does that mean 'I feel therefore I'm not'? But only through feeling can I get at thinking.

My wife lost all her credit cards, but I'm not going to report it. Whoever found them spends less than she does!

Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand.

Even talking about serious issues - it's hard to fit in anything around calling a baseball game.

If you win power, remember why you wanted it.

Athletics brings out a side of you that is wonderful. It brings out so many good attributes like competing, intensity and playing at the highest level.

I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.

Here's the grey rule: embrace things that lead you closer to Jesus, and reject things that lead you away from Jesus.