One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.

Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.

Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.

Man's usual routine is to work and to dream and work and dream.

The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality.

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

All confessions are Odysseys.

Of whomsoever I had been Master (Mawla), Ali here is to be his Master. O Allah, be a supporter of whoever supports him (Ali) and an enemy of whoever opposes him.

I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?

A man can hide all things excepting twain - That he is drunk and that he is in love.

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn't work, the actor can sense the reaction from the audience and quickly move on.

Vietnam was worse than immoral - it was a mistake.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

I'm the Barbie, keep alotta plastic. Little pink stars, put em on my jacket.

The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.

Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone's toes, pretty much the same as life.