God gave us free will so that we might choose our own destinies. He left it up to us to achieve them.

Ideas are like wine. They get better when they have time to mature.

God is like a search engine — He is willing to answer your requests, but you must ask Him the right questions.

The only working model of socialism I have ever seen is in an elementary school classroom.

Luck is often just skill expressing itself without the brain’s consent.

At the moment you think all is lost, the future remains.

Sometimes changing the world is as simple as changing the way you look at it.

Dreams are doorways into other dimensions that you forget how to open once you’re awake.

It's fine to have a dream girl, but you should ask yourself…would you be her dream boy?

Only people are worth dying for.

Life is like a box of cookies: it's good while it lasts, but before you know it, it's gone.

I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure.

When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of frustration, and we suffer from poverty, and we are auto-marginalized.

Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers, The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold.

Trade is the oldest and most important economic nexus among nations. Indeed, trade along with war ha been central to the evolution of international relations.

Ignore the received wisdom of any industry you’re entering. Never be trapped by dogma. Never let other people’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.

[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!