The end of a dissolute life is a desperate death.

The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire.

To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.

A good leader makes a good follower.

Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom.

Wealth is the sinews of affairs.

To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

Old age is the harbor of all ills.

Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it.

We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.

Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others.

New York is a glorious place for clearing your head and finding inspiration. Every time you step outside, you live a dozen lives.

People with OCD including myself, realize that their seemingly uncontrollable behavior is irrational, but they feel unable to stop it.

The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.

. . . in the end, there is nothing a man can do that a woman can't, except be a father.

Surely mortal man is a broomstick!

And connected is helping people stay in touch and maintain empathy for each other, and bandwidth.

What it gives any human being a right to - to pick and choose which embryo - which fetus is more valuable than another. That's is not up to human beings.

There is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

I'm not one of those actors who gets physically fit for a role and then loses it all again.

Imitations only better the original.