Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.

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.

We ought to face our destiny with courage.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

I didn't have an affinity for horror. But I knew that commercially it was viable.

If it doesn't know what to charge you for nosebleed seats, your team sucks.

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.

That's an interesting thing about an object. One object speaks volumes about the company that produced it and its values and priorities.

When I was 3 years old, I thought I was very good at skiing.

When an elder turns to face the dead, that means he turns away from facing the future and his own retirement in Phoenix, let's say. He turns and finds himself facing the children.

Say to yourself, 'I'm here on purpose, I can accomplish anything I desire, and I do it by being in harmony with the all-pervading creative force in the universe.

Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair.