We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time ... He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings

Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around.

It is deeply shocking and incomprehensible to me that despite volumes of documentation and living witnesses who can attest to the horrors of the Holocaust, there are still those who would deny it.

I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.

One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in life.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

O love-why can't you leave me alone? Which is a rhetorical question meaning: for heaven's sake, don't.

But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing the Legislature and spending money and organizing and giving sound bites.