Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

We were going to get Ahmed back. And Rahim back. And Shazad. And Delila. And all the others who had been captured. And we were going to end this.

All our ancestors were murdered, murderers, complicit to murder, or combating murder.

Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that.

Take me home," Snow White said. "Take me home instantly. If there is anything worse than being home, it is being out.

I sold all my medium format equipment in 2005 after Canon came out with the 12 megapixel EOS 1Ds.

Live in the present as if the future is going to become the past that you have changed.

You should thank the people who bring out the worst in you. Had it not been for them, you would never have come to know of your worst side.

I saw her backstage and said hi, took a picture with her. Tried to get a convo going, but the kid had know idea wut to think!

Nuclear-armed Iran ought to be a major concern. And they're moving forward. We have got to roll that back.