It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character moments to happen. It was always meant to have these two perspectives.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

Even a broke clock is right twice a day

Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.

This is my life homie, you decide yours

Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness

Nothing in life is promised except death.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

Everything I'm not makes me everything I am

People will never get in touch with democracy. It's always surrounded by bodyguards.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime.

Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

I believe that in this way the teacher always is the prophet of the true God and the usherer in of the true kingdom of God.

I never really was much of a practical jokester or anything.

All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.

I try not to worry about other people's music. But if there's one thing that I hear these days, it's that people try and put [music] down so tight that they take all the color out of it.

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.