The solitary monk who shook the world From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump Thunder' d its challenge from his dauntless lips In peals of truth.

Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.

If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.

And Thou, vast Ocean! on whole awful face Time's iron feet can print no ruin trace.

My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it

Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

There's nothing terrible in death; 'Tis but to cast our robes away, And sleep at night, without a breath To break repose till dawn of day.

As o'er the stormy sea of human Life We sail, until our anchor'd spirits rest In the far haven of Eternity.

Earth, air, and ocean, glorious three.

So we said to ourselves, if we can remove antibodies from someone who's in the middle of a terrible rejection, and save those kidneys, then we should be able to remove them before surgery

A moment is a mighty thing Beyond the soul's imagination; For in it, though we trace it not, How much there crowds of varied lot How much of life, life cannot see, Darts onward to eternity!

Where does fiction end and reality begin?

I was feeling fear. Not a wild, mortal fear, but something cold like a hook in my side.

In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.

Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.

Baseball will be back to Montreal, I want to see it. I want it to happen before I die. I will see it

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. Thats what writing a screenplay is.

I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and again.