A man's sorrow runs uphill; true it is difficult for him to bear, but it is also difficult for him to keep.

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.

I am not a critic; to me criticism is so often nothing more than the eye garrulously denouncing the shape of the peephole that gives access to hidden treasure.

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.

I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed.

The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.

Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them.

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.

I have been loved,' she said, 'by something strange, and it has forgotten me.

What had been quiet and restful was now silent and empty.

I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.

I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

I've said that "2012" was my favorite ensemble cast, because it was so evenly good.

And everything you get, ya gotta work hard for it.

I've had plenty of jo-jobs. Nothing I'd call a career. Let me put it this way. I have an extensive collection of name tags and hair nets.