Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

The quality of one's life can never be great without the constant presence of gratitude in one's mind.

Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

I think my comparison with Shane would be a loner. I always got the impression that she wasn't scared to be alone. She enjoys it. I can relate to that.

I don't know, Alexander, sometimes it gets so bad you can't think of nothing better to do than make it worse.

The glass I drink from is not large, but at least it is my own.

He could even think about how fast he was thinking about things.

Did somebody dream there is some way that the government doesn’t need us? What in the hell would they do with the farm program without us?

Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

Touring has been a new part of my life in a lot of ways. We've just been touring massively since the record came out and before. Learning how to write while all that is going on is a new thing.