The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

So fleet the works of men, back to their earth again;Ancient and holy things fade like a dream.

I understand polyamory is different from polygamy, and doesn't share the latter's rigid and noxious views that men run the show and are the only ones allowed multiple partners.

The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something.

Poverty didn't necessarily engender an envy of wealth; sometimes it might beget a passion for decency.

Language lies outside of society because it is its foundation; but it also lies within society because that is the only place where it exists and the only place where it develops.

No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species.