Never bring a cannon on stage in Act I unless you intend to fire it by the last act.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that's all of us participating.

For, as you know, religions are like glow-worms; they shine only when it is dark.

I like handling newborn animals. Fallen into life from an unmappable world, they are the ultimate immigrants, full of wonder and confusion.

The great thing about acting is that you get to be a lot of different things in one lifetime. You get to explore different personalities and characters.

Most couples have not had hundreds of arguments; they've had the same argument hundreds of times.

Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness there is in the world arises as a result of others' kindness.

Gwyneth Paltrow names her kid Apple. I'm not going to let that stand.

The tempest unleashes an alphabetletters fall through the apertures of crazy anglesto spell out the futureuprooting the course of inventionand enslaving the masters

Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back.

It's hard to say what iconically will hit, resonate and stay with people.