Frenchmen are like gunpowder, each by itself smutty and contemptible, but mass them together and they are terrible indeed!

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

I did 'Good Morning America' with David Beckham. Oh, god, what a handsome devil that guy is.

Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements.

A dirty word in the film business right now is intelligence.

Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations.

The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work.

You must be willing to do things today others won't do, in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have

Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture.

I think the only fear that I have in getting married is what if I'm not enough or what if I'm not prepared enough, because I'm the kind of person that likes to be prepared.

The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.

I want to try to become the best golfer in the world.