Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.

Even God cannot change the past.

The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding.

This only is denied even to God: the power to undo the past.

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.

There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

Art is in love with luck, and luck with art.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie.

The heart also knows things, and so does the imagination. Thank God. If not for heart and imagination, the world of fiction would be a pretty seedy place. It might not even exist at all.

Obedience is a powerful spiritual medicine. It comes close to being a cure-all.

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

We are interconnected.

According to the Spanish proverb, four persons are wanted to make a good salad: a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a counsellor for salt and a madman to stir it all up.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

We have come here with a message of love and brotherhood.

I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she'll play me in my life story.

It's a very exciting time in the history of this country, to even see people responding to a different way of doing business and really wanting to make a change.