Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

His eyes widened. “Are you some kind of mutant human? Like a fire user? And I use mutant as a compliment, you know. I wouldn’t think less of you.

In the age of television image becomes more important than substance.

It's deeply personal to watch actors go to those dark places. It can be scary, so you channel them all your love and energy, and you know you'll be safe on the other side.

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to make the design for which they expose themselves succeed.

Where do your greatest dangers lie?--In pity.

Every reader is different. There's no book that's inappropriate for every person, but there are people who cannot handle everything.

What lies at the end of the life path? The answer is simple: Nothing lies over there! That's why mankind must change the end of the road!

I think making movies and being in theater and TV, there's this beautiful little family. It's so intense that you form these little families, and that's what I loved.

I've always loved jazz.