Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

We are defined by what we do

If everyone would've been childlike, not childish, the world would've be a better place.

Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.

Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.

Look after everybody So that they are happy to see you. It is better to serve the devotee of god than to serve god himself.

Human women have been slapping men for being bastards for centuries. You were doing what comes naturally.

The tax code is 10 times the size of the Bible with none of the good news.

The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.

The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.

If people could learn history, what lessons it might teach us!