It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but is all alone by itself.

There is no smallest among the small and no largest among the large, but always something still smaller and something still larger.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god but a great rock and the sun a hot rock.

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.

The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.

In everything, there is a share of everything

Conclusions from observations are unreliable, only the mind can come nearer to to the truth. Thus, in some ways, philosophy is more important than science.

The sun provides the moon with its brightness.

Nona needs a very dry martini.

If at first you don't succeed you're running about average.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.

I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the income tax or doubling it, I would vote yes on first blush.

I've never retired. And I've never said, "I quit."

You give your film away to the audience once it's done. I never look at my films after the premier. The film needs to start its own history.

If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim.

The most successful people in this world recognize that taking chances to get what they want is much more productive than sitting around being too scared to take a shot.

A Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John Edwards, Howard Dean, George Soros, or Al Gore looks - no, acts - like he either came out of a hairstylist's salon or got off a Gulfstream.