Governments can do both great and stupid things.

I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.

You have been the great green adventure of my life. Without you my days would be unlit.

It is difficult to believe extraordinary things.

Let me introduce you. Sophie, this is Miss Eliot, from the National Childcare Agency. Miss Eliot, this is Sophie, from the ocean.

Only weak thinkers do not love the sky.

Keep you secret, then, my darling. Everybody needs them. Secrets make you tough, and wily.

It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.

The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)

Forces of nature act in a mysterious manner. We can but solve the mystery by deducing the unknown result from the known results of similar events.

That's where everything starts, as an actor: you've gotta have great writing and great character development, and then you have really great materials to work from.

There are more copies than originals among people.

You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.

Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights.

This country has been strip-mined by rich and powerful interests. If you dont like what they're doing, don't just sit there. Vote them out.