A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

If you really want to know me, I said, we'll have to start with the witches.

Brother, if you want to get the lowdown, Come along and let's all have a hoedown.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

For it must be very lonely being dead.

What's the ROI of your Mom?

The price of freedom—of individuality—is attention to politics, careful planning, careful organization; philosophy is no more a barrier against political disaster than it is against plague.

This is a good thing, mixing culture to make something new, something no one has ever seen. This is kind of a new history.

To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.

I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.

Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans went broke.