A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees.

The games we have the ability to play in our minds amaze me.

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

...and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not.

Leaving [from EU] will allow us to return real democratic control to important areas of national life; from international trade, the right to work and live in Britain to business regulation.

The self is too small an object for perpetual enthusiasm.

Leadership is the art of the future.

I had to take a physical to do this show. They had a lot of weird questions like, "Have you ever tried sugar or PCP?"

When I act, I hear it like music. In my head, I hear the dialogue like music.

The music industry is a vicious business. It chews women up and spits them out.