And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest.

I wanted to be a part of the downtown renaissance.

The finest productions of human art are immensely short of the meanest work of Nature. The nicest artist cannot make a feather or the leaf of a tree.

Every conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of a child with regard to the works of an adult.

must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.

It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

For, until the wisdom of men bear some proportion to the wisdom of God, their attempts to find out the structure of his works, by the force of their wit and genius, will be vain.

…blissfulness is the summit of contentment…

Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

We who are born into this age of freedom and independence and the self must undergo this loneliness. It is the price we pay for these times of ours.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should!

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

That's why they have menus in restaurants, you know. I like steak, somebody else likes spaghetti. That's why they have menus in restaurants. It's a great world.

To become a lawyer you must discard your ethics and become an eloquent devil that views justice as god.

Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.