It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.

Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'

When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.

When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.

It may be that them whose pleasure brings you into this world owes you a living, but it don't mean the world is responsible.

I thought there should in truth be heavy damages for malpractice on human souls.

But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.

With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.

An aristocrat in morals as in mind.

Forgive my asking you to use your mind. It is a thing which no novelist should expect of his reader...

I really hate that I need my glasses while using my laptop. What I hate even more is that I need those glasses to be full of vodka at all times.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

In France I'm very private, I don't like talking about my life, and I imagined that people would think that I'm now an open book.

Practice is the battle you must win.

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.

Never wish the death of someone or you will lose your goodness inside you!

Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight.

I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.

A proper education enables young people to put their lives in order, which means knowing what things are more important than other things; it means putting first things first.