I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

May you be of service to mankind.

I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.

Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual.

This is a boyhood dream, but I've always wanted to play the sheriff. I've wanted to be in a Western, in the hat, playing the sheriff.

Make your art a gift of inspiration to others to work toward better things.

The ability to be funny is pretty widespread in the population.

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.

There are a lot of directors who make big money and do big things and then move out of the 'hood