the only realistic choice is to follow your dreams

Don't let the lies of yesterday hamper the promises of tomorrow

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

There are people who can make love standing on a hammock, but it is not the easiest way.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Be willing to make bold decisions and be willing to make glorious mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, but you've got to be willing to make them first.

That the American, by temperament, worked to excess, was true; work and whiskey were his stimulants; work was a form of vice; but he never cared much for money or power after he earned them.

Comedy exists to laugh at things that aren't laughable. But isn't it? That's what separates us from the animals. We laugh.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.

Psychiatry is the art of teaching people how to stand on their own feet while reclining on couches.

Well, God's above all; and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved.