Is it not strange that mankind should so willingly battle for religion and so unwillingly live according to its precepts?

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.

And remember, every pound you give leaves you a pound poorer.

I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.

There is almost always a major blip for whatever reason and we have learnt to expect it and not to panic.

I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.

Meaning is man-created. And because you constantly look for meaning, you start to feel meaninglessness.

I said with perfect honest, "I have no intention of trying to take these suckers out by myself, no.

We'll know for the first time If we're evil or divine We're the last in line.

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

You do not become a star, you are born a star. A star is born with that indefinable extra something.