Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

People change and forget to tell each other.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

I love stories with a happy ending,” Inspector Me said.

He let his mind wander. It went to a predictable place, and he missed her

Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.

Only when men are connected to large, universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity.

It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.

To understand the stars would spoil their appearance.

Mistakes live in the neighbourhood of truth and therefore delude us.

To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.