How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Time: all things consume it, love alone makes use of it.

Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors.

We're our own worst enemies a lot of the time, but I still blame men.

If technology has finally caught up with individual liberty, why would anyone who loves freedom want to rethink that?

Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual.

I think watching a movie that simply confirms my feelings is a waste of time. That applies not only to movies, but also to books and every form of art.

I love nyc. It's the city of my birth and probably the most amazing city on the planet.

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe

I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.

A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of building materials is a house