It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

If you have no idea what I’m about to do, just watch and wait..then you’ll see time spin to a stop right before your eyes..and you’ll forget that world you once knew

I propose that every person out of work be required to submit a book report before he or she gets his or her welfare check.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

I really wasn't even aware that Batman and Superman had this kind of grudging friendship.

It gets a lot easier to deal with life's curveballs when you're not hiding under layers of fat.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.

I wrote this speech thinking this was going to be it. It's not it. You guys went and screwed up my whole speech. We've got to come back here on Tuesday and drink some more beer.

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

How do you tell somebody how to find what they're looking for when ten years ago you came from the same place, and have yet to find it yourself?