Enjoyment always has a spoiling, otherwise it cannot be so.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Jefferson and Washington had no idea these idiots would exist, otherwise they would not have made killing illegal.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians

I never stay anywhere — parties , museums, meetings — longer than 3 hours.

I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.

Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells trying to get them there.

I love movie sets. It's another home for me. Movie theaters and movie sets - they're just the best places to be. I love them.

All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality.

The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect.

Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed, too, by sexism-the lie that there can be such a thing as men's liberation groups.

People do business with people who make them feel special.