Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.

We cannot swing up a rope which is attached only to our own belt.

Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.

Mr. Rihani, we met once a thousand years ago and we may not meet again for another thousand years.

And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.

Art is life, plus caprice.

Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.

Without good-will, no man has any presumptive right, except the right or opportunity to change his will, so long as there is hope of it.

Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.

No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.

On a planet where for thousands of years, even today, a woman's worth has been judged exclusively by the productivity of her womb, what the hell is the point of a barren woman?

You can't not approve a merger because you don't like the companies' politics. That's just not right.

What I care the most is what I can do for people. I am not into it for recognition; if it comes it will happen out of my own effort.

It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions.

The goal is to provide inspiring information that moves people to action.

All great change in business has come from outside the firm, not from inside.

I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes.

With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.