Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

History is written by the winners.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

From shit, thus, I extract pure Shinola

Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

Too much work will create too much motivation for the strong, and a big collapse for the weak! Strength gets great strength from the challenges!

You know what's funny to me? Attitude.

Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies.

I don't mind, it doesn't hurt me if anyone says I'm not normal. I don't know what normal is. Sometimes I'm just really tired, or I haven't eaten, and people get the wrong idea about me.

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

When I'm at craft services, I make the best-tasting,10-layer meat and cheese sandwich with no bread.

I don't pick stuff up, I knock stuff down!