Was genius ever ungrateful? Mere talents are dry leaves, tossed up and down by gusts of passion, and scattered and swept away; but, Genius lies on the bosom of Memory, and Gratitude at her feet.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.

All of my work is influenced by fairy tales, and I hope my work shows Hans Christian Anderson's influence.

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

...if men are to be ruled, then the enemy is reason.

I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.

Jesus was the greatest religious genius that ever lived.

If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.

One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.

Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.