It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

What an almighty balls-up. Who snorts a wasp? No sane person snorts a live wasp. It’s like putting your hand up a tiger’s arse. - Egg

Why do people look to the government to fix the economy? It's mind-boggling.

If you say one thing, and do something different, how can your conscience trust you? Self-trust comes from integrity.

Rome was not built in a day.

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need.

Every event in this world is the effect of some precedent cause, and also the cause of some subsequent effect.

I don't think I've ever googled myself.

I am growing to love DC.This [Washington] is a beautiful city. I think every citizen should come see their capital. A lot of the museums are free, there are restaurants that are reasonably priced.

We integrate the good wherever we find it.

I am all about comfort and whatever comes along with comfort. I wear a lot of sweats. But Im also very preppy naturally.