Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

I'm not going to put out a Christmas CD until it's coming out of me naturally.

There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does not seem to care how painful, or dangerous, or difficult it is to do.

The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.

The Web makes people hypocritical, it encourages to take pseudonymes

It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure whether they've understood them. I want to leave them wondering.

I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.

People keep inviting me back. It's nice to work with the same people when you've had a good time previously, and this is one of those cases.

Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.

Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early.