I never saw a mob rush across town to do a good deed.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

God help those who do not help themselves.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Science and spirituality are not opposed entities that try to claim ownership of the universal truth but rather different layers of awareness about this world.

Whatever evil befalls us we ought to ask ourselves ... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion from one bitter root to raise perhaps many flowers.

I'm passionate about mobilizing young Latinos to get to the polls, so I'm involved with Voto Latino. Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country.

Your first try will be wrong. Budget and design for it.

I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.

That's the first band I ever played in that was working and I was getting paid for it. I was 12. The other guys were a lot older than me.

It is a tragedy that most of us die before we have begun to live.

We've restored life where life was extinct. It's no longer sufficient to bring the dead back to life. We must create from the beginning, we must build up our own creature, build it up from nothing.

I'm definitely of the mindset of "I wouldn't want to be part of any group that would have me as a member."

I hold my peace, sir? no; No, I will speak as liberal as the north; Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak.