Invention is almost the only literary labour which blindness cannot obstruct.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

The voice sank through luce's skin and straight into her heart. Daniel's voice. He was calling to her. He wanted her. Needed her. Luce moved towards the sound

You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.

The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.

You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, "Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let 's just sit down and begin to talk peace."

No matter what's offered to me, I would never in a million years be the big headed Hollywood type.

I didn't get depressed, I don't get depressed.

Being against the military because you are against war is like being against the Fire Department because you are against fire.

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.

All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.