The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

The past is magnetic. It draws us in.

One of the greatest purposes a man/woman can ever be indulged in is the positive evolution of self for the selfless service to humanity.

Grandma, everyone out here is bleaching their anuses. What do I do?"Her advice? "Baby, go outside in the sun and squirt a little lemon juice on it.

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

Luxury is nice, but creativity is nicer.

Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.

I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.

Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.

I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

Sincerity is the most important thing in acting. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.