No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

It is inevitable, that eventually the people will demand absolute security from the state... And absolute security is absolute slavery.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

I was sixteen, and I honestly believed I was due a love story.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

When everybody in a group is susceptible to similar biases, groups are inferior to individuals, because groups tend to be more extreme than individuals.

I think it's a false trade-off to say quality time versus quantity - you have to have both.

You [Hillary Clinton] ran the State Department, $6 billion was either stolen. They don't know. It's gone, $6 billion.

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

Being human is being a lot of things at the same time.

With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that's your own is dearer than a brother.

Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also.

I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great.