Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him.

There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.

Love, too, was just a question of time

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.

Even God has a hell: his love of Mankind.

Men who have nothing to lose never give a thought for eternal life.

Evil would never bring Good, however much they wanted to believe that it would. By the time they discovered the truth, it would be too late.

Goodness makes our world a better place because human beings are kinder to each other when we feel safe and secure.

Living on the water took away the boundaries created by land and custom and introversion. Without fences and driveways, the water provided a constant thread of connection and dependency.

Much of the beauty of Christmas lies in its challenge to look further, deeper, until we find its secret in the heart of God. But we never find that unless we look beyond the presents under the tree.

I enjoy doing independent films more, only because there's more freedom. There's not as many cooks tampering with what you are trying to do.

I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.

From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

I really have to feel that I could make a difference in the movie, or I shouldn't be doing it.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.