I detest those who deceive me.

A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.

If all my friends jumped off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them. I'd be at the bottom, hoping to catch them.

Follow your heart. It rarely leads you astray. It's thinking that gets us into trouble.

It's the circumstances that create fear. How you respond is all you can control. Concentrate on that, and you'll always succeed.

Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.

He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.

Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS

If what you know and what you love are the same thing, that's great. But if not, write what you love. I love history, secrets, conspiracies, action, adventure, international settings.

The people can be forced to fear, but not to love.

It's been my experience, Langford, that the past always has a way of returning. Those who don't learn, or can't remember it, are doomed to repeat it.

In success formula, master of history is the master builder of tomorrow

I wanted to be the kind of woman who would attract a certain kind of man that I could respect. That was my thinking. It had to do with the kind of couple I would be a part of.

Nothing spells shame like living what feels like a double life.

I love 'Goodfellas' because it's a great movie - it's funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.

I love being an actor, and that's really the bottom line - in any medium, in any genre - and I want to do it.

One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities.

I am very driven by fame and success; I like to succeed at everything I do.

The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends say in the course of a day.

Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.

The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.