If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.

A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.

The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.

A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place - like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.

They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.

Life is about giving yourself away in the service of others. Life is not about living just to live.

The human Soul will only find its Light, when the Ego gives its permission.

Its snaky acids kiss.It petrifies the will. These are the isolate, slow faults That kill, that kill, that kill.

Those who are against you, just let them enjoy their time. Your time will come ten times better than theirs.

My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but now she is very happy that I'm not doing that.

Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me.

If you look at how long the Earth has been here, we're living in the blink of an eye. So, whatever it is you want to do, you go out and do it.

It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.

...what I dread more than anything else in this life is noise...silence helps you to go inward..anyone who is interested in something more than just life outside actually needs silence.

A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people.