Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional; you have to let them know who’s boss.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.

In his last days on this earth, he’d wanted to know if this was all there was.

In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization.

When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.

In short, humans are programmed to get bored.

I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication.

I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It's almost as if you're drawn to it.

Time is the scarcest resource.

I call that man idle who might be better employed.