I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

Ah, but I was so much older thenI’m younger than that now

If you think big you'll fulfill your dreams for sure, and never listen to what people say, you'll succeed..

Things refuse to be mismanaged for long.

People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw.

I want to be optimistic because I don't think man is intrinsically violent.

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

Certain faults are necessary to the individual if he is to exist.

The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.

Every shot I have ever made has been a compromise in some way. No image has ever been as good as the one I envisioned in my mind's eye.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.