In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest-without asking to be paid.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It insures his existence.

Do you suppose the human race invented boredom to make the prospect of death more palatable?

Adventure is making the distant approach nearer but romance is having what is where it is which is not where you are stay where it is.

How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern.

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.

There are positively no mental, physical or moral attainments too lofty for the Negro to accomplish if granted a fair and equal opportunity.

When we discuss those we love with those who do not love them, the end of love is near.

This is not yet a scientific age.

The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did about the future. Forget the future. I'd worship someone who could do that.

As an actor, I enjoy variety. That's a big thing for me.