Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommending a person.

But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.

I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.

I believe we have an utterly unique specimen on our hands: a child who listens.

Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it.

I’m not interested in what people think about me. I’m not Michael Schumacher.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

Southern gentility is evocative to me.

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.