This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

History is the zoology of the human race.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

New learning never hurt anybody.

Can't make a life and death decision when you are fighting off what I call choice-vertigo

Never underestimate the capacity for romance, no matter what the circumstances.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.

I love having my hair blown dry by a stylist and I also truly enjoy being with my friends and family.

Can we screw the 'sorry' part and let me hit you back instead?" Vishous to Butch

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

The image I had was very clear, and so in that way The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane began like other books.

I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn't had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn't care when, where, or how much for.

Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.