Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.

Last night on the show I had Olympics fever. Unfortunately, it's getting worse. That's not good. I have to call my doctor if my torch burns for more than four hours.

I kind of picked up the game at an early age. The way that other kids would learn what a fork or a spoon is.

I thought when I became a Christian I had nothing to do but just to lay my oars in the bottom of the boat and float along. But I soon found that I would have to go against the current.

Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses.

For goodness sake, look at those cakes.

In Invisible there's a lot about childhood, the death of the brother and then the relationship between the brother and sister.

You can have a film and have 200 white people working on it, and nobody finds anything wrong with that. But if you insist on having a black crew, all of a sudden there's something wrong.

I hate dieting. Let’s just say that.

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.