Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading.

Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.

Sometimes Aristotle analyses his terms, but very often he takes them for granted; and in the latter case, I think, he is sometimes deceived by them.

It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history.

The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word.

The fashions of the ages vary in this direction and that, but they vary for the most part from a central road which was struck out by the imagination of Greece.

Here we stand between two eternities of darkness. What are we to do with this glory while it is still ours?

The world needs more love and Twitter just figured out a way to send 'hearts all over the world'.

Push the needle into some middle range of guarded optimism.

I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

He's a winner. There's no doubt about that, and it's stating the obvious to say that he's a tremendous talent. (on David Beckham)

Barking dogs may occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot!

Because you know I'm All about that bass 'Bout that bass, no treble.

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.

Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.