In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.

You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.

Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.

Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

He picks the lock of her dreams with her own hairpin.

People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.

I can live with the pain of losing but I can't live with the thought of not having tried my best.

We're all being tested...That's what life is.

Never tire to study. And to teach to others

The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.

Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.

It was a big relief off my shoulder.

I've made some great movies. 'Risky Business' still stands up. It's timeless. They study that film in film school.

My show is not just a cop hosting a talk show - the two are completely different. My show is about helping people stand up to the bad guy.