In all affairs love religion politics or business it's a healthy idea now and then to hang a question mark on things you have long taken for granted.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction.

There are thousands of other women to choose from. You understand me? And this court runs on ambition alone.

But most good writers are Don Quixote at heart, and unreasonableness is often a condition of art.

And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.

We have far more ability than we give ourselves credit for.

Writers are completely out of touch with reality.

Stumble is worse than falling, because stumble is not as instructive as the falling!

Kenny G has a Christmas album out this year. Hey, happy birthday Jesus! Hope you like crap!