I look'd to Heav'n, and try'd to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came and made My heart as dry as dust.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Look up and hook up to a life of significance and don’t look down on yourself.

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

The rise and fall of Tony Montana, and what a way to go out.

I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

The great secret is a controlled imagination and a well-sustained attention, firmly and repeatedly focused on the object to be accomplished.

I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.

Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.