Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

We must eradicate ignorance and illiteracy from our nations and continent to the nearest minimum for us to have a national development.

Create a great future. Be happy NOW.

Let nothing put me to unease, nothing to deceive.I have conceived, I exist.Because I am blessed, To gather time, in hearing, my breath, so tranquil.To life, I am, thankful.

Sometimes you don't realize your fear of heights until you stand at the edge of the cliff, ready to jump.

Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end.

I think about women and their thoughts and ideas, and I suppose when I'm painting them I'm getting to be them, in a sense. That is why I plainly paint women.

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.

Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. “How come I never get invited on these violent trips?

I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.

God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.