It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

It is inevitable, that eventually the people will demand absolute security from the state... And absolute security is absolute slavery.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

After 40 years of marriage, isn’t it amazing when you can look at your partner sound asleep next to you and still believe they have potential.

if you can live life you believe in, you will have everything you need to reach your dream.

Learn to focus on the light ahead instead of dwelling on the darkness that's already behind you.

Groceries became a revelation: the people coming out with bundles of food. It's all like a great ceremony, and the whole drudgery of shopping has become my inspiration.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

It is easy to take good pictures, difficult to take very good pictures, and almost impossible to take great pictures.

Sometimes it is the emotional experience of film and television that bring a cause to our hearts and stir us to action - they inform and inspire.

We're all capable if we have faith and passion.