Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

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.

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.

People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently.

Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me

Compassion seems to be the greatest power.

The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally.

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.'

I'm always there at home thinking of Wallace and Gromit ideas.

I like energy. I like to feel it cracklin', I like sexual energy in a room, and I like tension.

Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so fast that it would basically be impossible, even in theory.