A hungry people listens not to reason nor cares for justice nor is bent by any prayers.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

The early morning sunshine shot up the ice-covered valley. It glinted off the backs of slumbering mastodon, reflected between the antlers of caribou.

If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else.

I believe that if we had would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own.

I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.

Every single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that.

No one can be trusted who isn't thrilled with himself at least now and then.

I feel just like a purple Pikmin.

As a storyteller I was influenced by the Moscow underground, where it was common to be apolitical.

The 20th Century was the century of Aviation and the century of Globalization. The next century will be the century of Space.