Morals and criticism are not so properly objects of the understanding as of taste and sentiment.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.

The hidden mist of forgotten truth is not for the mundane eye to see... ☥

In the haste to imitate an idol, in the race to become someone else, we forget the most important lesson.How to be ourselves.

I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.

It's interesting to be an adult and to have that level of ignorance about something, because the nice part about is you get that discovery. The learning curve is so rich and steep.

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20.

My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain.

I would say Im an optimist by nature.

Blood will have blood.