Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light. You'll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.

The heartbeat of God burns with longing for the redemption of every individual

Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course.

Some people just wanna see the world burn

I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis.

I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.

Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak.

You have to take chances - working in film is a mixture of luck, talent, and ability to take the risk. You have to be optimistic. You can't be a pessimistic person.

Time is a beast who has the immense patience to swallow everything.

I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town.