A laughing fool ... seems born for nothing but to show his teeth.

It appears to me that strong sense and acute sensibility together constitute genius.

The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!

We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.

Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.

A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.

Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago!

It made and preserves us a nation.

Law has been called a bottomless pit, not so much because of its depth, as that its windings are so obscure nobody can see the end.

Key the mind, and set the soul free.

People who are different are beautiful. Those who follow society are boring.

I like big casts. The experience of working together, that human contact - those are my roots, professionally.

Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!

I left my parents' home when I was 22, I moved to New York with my ex-girlfriend. We did a film together with Raul Julia.

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

The only other style of music that attempts to go to the deeper place of the silence that is music is New Age music.

The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be.

The laws of decency enforce themselves.

It should look as if it has always been like that, as if Nature had made it that way. That's good design.