There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

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.

Color is the overpowering of black

Look where we worship.

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

Oh, am I wearing an ascot? I didn't notice.

I don't have to be the hero or nothing. I just have to be part of the team.

The gift without the giver is rare.

I'll tell you something about true love. There's no science to it. It's as natural as the sky.

You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense.

Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life.

Anytime you test for a TV show, you have that bit of squeamishness entering into it because they lock you in for a number years.