I had fought on behalf of man against the sea, but I realised that it had become more urgent to fight on behalf of the sea against men.

I had fought on behalf of man against the sea, but I realized that it had become more urgent to fight on behalf of the sea against men.

Without the law commanding good there could be no evil. But the same law makes it possible for the creature to exist. Without the law man would sink into nothingness

Self-healing requires tremendous action, a willingness to go beyond the normative to discover something transcending.

Be patient and wait for the due harvest.

There are degrees of obsession, of awareness, of grief, of insanity.

The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.

To live forever, die in the service of others.

Tallulah [Bankhead] was the foremost naughty girl of her era but, in those days, "naughty" meant piquant, whereas values have so changed that now, in the 1970s, it generally means nauseating.

You must learn to stop thinking in terms of beginnings and endings, successes and failures, and begin to treat everything in your life as a learning experience instead of a proving one.

I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.

I don't like killing a girl," the Spaniard said. "God does it all the time; if it doesn't bother Him, don't let it worry you.