No matter how much a woman loved a man, it would still give her a glow to see him commit suicide for her.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Movie without romance feels like food without flavor.

Every step we take toward the top is possible because of all the little steps we took in the past.

To strive in life

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.

Shallow men believe in luck wise and strong men in cause and effect.

Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.

For the most effective pitch, focus 80% on the problem, 20% on the solution.

I was the place where you anchored. I was the deep water where you could be weightless. I was the surface where you saw your own reflection. You scooped me up in your hands.

It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.

I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want to guide you - 'This is what you should you be doing'. But I want to do different things.