Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

Quiet love is better than loud hate.

Let happiness bloom. In the caring love, In the softness of your tender voice, In the nonjudgmental love, In the beauty and pureness of a smile.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

I touch my scar to remind myself that I am not a coward. I am a Quinn.

Yes, and you should question your government.

I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty.

Hillary Clinton is, I think, a cult figure.

Anytime you start a sentence with 'I am,' you are creating what you are and what you want to be.