Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Patience is the art of hoping.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

Prosperity makes few friends.

Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.

Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.

The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

No one gets left behind, you know that.

Is distinctive black culture the cause of economic disparity between whites and blacks or merely the reflection of it?

I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you.

Desire and dedication are everything!

Blasphemy has always seemed to require taking things very seriously.

I've written films that are violent. I'm not big on sitting and watching violence.

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

Things might not get better but they might not get worse. There's something sort of beautiful about that.

It's impossible being me, I radiate a glow that makes others turn and grimace in horror as if staring into the sun.

I've tried body surfing. It's nice.