The Army is the most outstanding institution in every country, for it alone makes possible the existence of all civic institutions.

In the long run luck is given only to the efficient.

Every war is a national misfortune.

What I know is nothing but that we are a spring path of autumn light carved into a river of ancient singing.

It may be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies.

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers we outgrow acquaintances libraries principles etc. at times before they're worn out and times-and this is the worst of all-before we have new ones.

I miss theater. I miss living the arc of the character, from curtain to curtain, and I miss the immediate audience response.

Critics? I love every bone in their heads.

The story, from beginning to end, I found again in a heart of a friend.

What’s the opposite of déjà vu, when you see something that hasn’t happened yet?” “I don’t know—avant verrais?

Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness.

A number of artists have done things with Mickey Mouse - including Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. He's such an American symbol, and such an anti-art symbol.