Without a whole lot of pressure, a diamond is just a piece of coal.

A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

You are perfect. Treat yourself like the being of beauty you truly are.

It's true though: time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night, " the bartender says, loudly striking a book match and lighting a cigarette. "You can't fight it.

I've given her signs! I've given her plenty of signs. What does she want me to do? Slap him across the face with my glove, and challenge him to pistols at dawn?

I can’t tell you the things I know, ” I repeated. “Why not?” “They aren’t my secrets to tell.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

Although the gospels of the New Testament-- like those discovered at Nag Hammadi-- are attributed to Jesus' followers, no one knows who actually wrote any of them.

The New York Times is the worst in that hardly anybody can write English over there. Most of it reads like slight translations from the German.

Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor.