Archaeology is not a science, it's a vendetta.

Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God.

As for an authentic villain the real thing the absolute the artist one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

One thing 'not right' on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches is the sad fact that the Edmund Pettus Bridge hasn't been renamed the John Lewis Bridge.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

Beware of spitting against the wind!

You know, I'm not in a hurry, and everybody else in Hollywood - particularly agents and managers - they're all in a hurry.

Fast fading violets cover'd up in leaves; And mid-May's eldest child, The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.

Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice.

So… um… what’s the, er, date? You know, the due date for the little monster.

These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.