Love lost is a special kind of failure, I think. It's a reminder that some consummations, no matter how devoutly wished for, never come; that some apes will never be men, not in all the world's ages.

...we both saw something we liked, a willingness to have no walls, or maybe just an unwillingness to keep them standing.

The two hardest things to contemplate in life ... are failure and age; those are one and the same.

Two people who think they're in love can find out, when left alone, exactly how little they know about each other.

The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.

The only things people can ever know about you are the ones that you let them see

Never invest yourself in anything so deeply that its failure could cost you your happiness.

...a good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask--but a great friend does it without being asked at all.

Survival, my only hope.Success, my only revenge.Sarcasm, my only weapon.Bravery, my only shield.

Separation can make us feel helpless and powerless, like we have no control. To withstand this negative force, we must return to our inner core, and that takes work. That takes time and patience.

They have dog food for constipated dogs. If your dog is constipated, why screw up a good thing? Stay indoors and let 'em bloat!

If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect enlightenment.

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

Old age is women's hell.

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

As a boy I was a hermit crab, but I soon came out of my shell. Now I am a pincer crab, and soon I will be at my full power as a deadly nuclear lobster.

Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.

Passion makes the will lord of the reason.