Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Mankind must put an end to war - or war will put an end to ma

You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin.

Enthusiasm is a heightened state of consciousness, and it's one of the best feelings there is to feel.

Why I enjoyed doing Iron Man because it opened me up to this new world where fans are so passionate.

I don't read like other people do - back and forth, across the page. I tend to scan a page at a time.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

Creatures with no dreams of their own can do naught but destroy the dreams of others.

What shelter to grow ripe is ours? What leisure to grow wise?

I had an awful lot of my soul invested in Atari culture.

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.