Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Matthew 10:34“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

The only things that all men want is a woman that respects him and challenge his intelligence plus ambitions.

Maturity is when you no longer get the urge to make snow angels in mud season

My mother was so stylish, but she never pushed that on me. She always thought I looked cool.

I've found in my life that the parts that you're right for are the parts that you get. It's really usually quite easy because you're kind of right.

There are a lot of things that you can like at a distance without spending a huge amount of time pondering. It's not so complicated.

What our enemies have begun, we will finish.

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.

I think women are sexy when they got some clothes on. And if later they take them off then you've triumphed. Somebody once said it's what you dont see you're interested in, and this is true.

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence.