Industry entirely left to itself, would soon fall to ruin, and a nation letting everything alone would commit suicide.

An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.

But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power.

The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.

The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion.

Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses.

In Italian museums are sometimes found little painted screens that the priest used to hold in front of the face of condemned men to hide the scaffold from them.

Push it. examine all things intensely and relentlessly.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

For as long as we can trace back human life, there's always been some sort of music - ceremonies, rituals. It's part of the human makeup.

To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.

If something's not impossible, there must be a way of doing it.

The bastards have never been bombed like they're going to be bombed this time.