If nothing changes then nothing changes.

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.

We never make sport of religion, politics, race or mothers. A mother never gets hit with a custard pie. Mothers-in-law-yes. But mothers-never.

We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability.

Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

The more Keystone comedies I make, the more convinced I become that comedy is an art, and a high one at that.

Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards.

There are girls, not specially beautiful, whom you could not lose in a crowd. There are other girls, apparently perfect in beauty, who seem to melt into insignificance.

The pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone

Beloved King of Comedy.

Our specialty was exasperated dignity and the discombombulation of Authority.

It is only those who do not know who wander the paths. A blind eye and a stout heart create a true wanderer. Those who seek the paths do so in vain

Do you wonder about eternal life?

Food-sharing is an innate way that we show our love for people we care about. Including others in times of celebration is an act of kindness.

The more you start to love someone, the more you ache when they’re gone, and maybe it’s that middle ground that hurts the most, when you can see them and still not feel like you’re near enough.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm it moves stones it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

True knowledge is power; but in order to feel at home with it, we must be constitutionally qualified. And if we are not, it is likely to give the soul such a twist as to deform it forever.

As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.

Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.

I've lived in worlds where there are three or four suns. We had incredible sunsets, beautiful. But they weren't more beautiful than here, if my mind is more beautiful in each life.

It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character.