I don't want everyone to like me

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.

The mindset (perspective) is the consequence of “rules.

There's a difference between immaturity and not being ready, and there's a certain maturity in admitting that you're not ready.

A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false.

If your hair has never given you any trouble, if you've never had huge fights with your mother about it, then you might not have a story to tell. But I think most people do.

Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-have proved suitable for domestication. There still are no domestic kangaroos.

A lot of times the character's experience is not in accordance with the tone of the movie and it's not really my job to account for the tone of the movie. That's the director's job.

I shall, of course, die with nonviolence on my lips.

My only hope was to be polite.

Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!