Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.

Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.

the most compelling reason for reforming our system is that the system is in no one's interest. It is a suicide machine.

America seemed a virgin land waiting for civilization. But Europe had made the wilderness it found; America was not a virgin, she was a widow.

Values reflect what is important to the way you live and work.

There is a cost to loving anything, or anyone. No one tells you that when you are young.

That mush plays havoc downstairs, you know?

I guess I'm odd-looking. I'm skinny. But I'm not only skinny - I'm oddly shaped.

A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us.

There's big studio films I didn't want to do. I didn't want to go through the hoops and ladders. I wouldn't have been able to work with the directors I've worked with if I did those studio films.

Adults have not understood children or adolescents and they are, as a consequence, in continual conflict with them.

Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

A fleet of the most powerful vessels would be of little use in war without a personnel at least as efficient as that of our possible enemies.