I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

A man can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.

Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has never "heard of."

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the ;thesis that the exercise of this right redounds to the general good.

Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.

Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the cause of peace.

What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote to constructive and peaceful purposes.

The English mind is intelligent rather than intellectual. The French are intellectual in the sense that the intellect is emancipated and left free to run its own course.

This insistence on "having his say upon the universe" is the profoundest motive of William James thinking as well as of his filial gratitude.

Pain has a threshold and so does death.

Never sell yourself cheap even when others are selling themselves cheaper than you are willing to sell yourself.

Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

I'm really interested in making movies that people see: I've made a lot of independent films and it's really depressing when no one sees them.

If you're the best then take the test!

You see, in this world there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.