A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

All limitations are self-imposed.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

No path is wholly rough.

I would say at the moment the only person who could have played me this past year would have to be Angelina Jolie.

But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.

We don't have a unitary society anymore, you know; it's very fragmented. I look up and down my block in Silverlake and there is a different universe in every house.

New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in 'Pinocchio.'

Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless.

My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.

I have said it often and I will say it again: I believe you learn to read when you are young, then read to learn for the rest of your life.

Alex Riley does a lot of things for me. I teach him so many things.