Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know; it made them feel ignorant.

Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them in fact the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.

I didn't go to film school, I went to acting school.

The other thing that happened in 1883 was my reading of Thoreau's Walden.

A teacher is there to laugh at you because you have such a high opinion of yourself that you need to be laughed at. You need to sense how small we all are.

It's time to get your head out of the dumps and your legs in the air!

What does it mean when the monsters are so afraid of you that you make them cry? That maybe monster depends on which end of the gun your on, or that I was just that good at my job.

Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.

You have to chip away at it and shape it to let the winning idea emerge.

In the great majority of cases we simply do not know enough about the industry or company to come to sensible judgments-in that situation we pass.

Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.