Nobody can put a character on paper without - at any rate in part and at times - sitting as a model for it himself.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

See I'm the reckless and wild one who saves him from being boring. It's why we're perfect for each other. We balance. - Madame Selena

I don't really know who I am, and I don't know when to stop, so if I see a great big threatening button that should never ever be touched I just want to do this!

I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.

Shift your energy from protecting yourself from failure to squeezing the life out of life.

The Word of God and the Spirit of God are enough for the people of God to enjoy and spread the worship of God.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

American Communists have the opportunity to preach freely their ideas. It would be absolutely wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for activities of the American Communists.

Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.

The photographs of one dead terrorist mastermind carry no real news or information about the nature or horror of war. They just create sensation instead of deeper understanding.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.