The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Don’t be too comfortable with employment discover yourself and see what you can achieve for yourself

Find someone who loves you enough to forgive you for all of your mistakes.

The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.

Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension.

Creativity is really at the center of what I do, it's a mix of creativity, innovation and savoir faire that creates magical products.

Anything that's slightly dangerous and gets the heart rate going is my kind of workout.

I'm not a big TV guy, though.

The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unit.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.

The nearest each of us can come to God is by loving the truth.