It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman.

Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.

Nothing is sadder than the consequences of having worldly standards without worldly means.

Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an Orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them.

Once you have a point of view all history will back you up.

For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.

Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with fire, you will get burned.

Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.

It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.

There's a lot of movies about self absorbed white men and I just figured it's about time to make a movie about self absorbed black men.

If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?

In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn.

I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What's a PC?