One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realized I was in it.

I am not playing Wimbledon because I am allergic to grass.

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

Before you can do something that you've never done, you have to be able to imagine it is possible.

Are you calling me your gift?" "Yes." She smiled. "How do you feel about that?" "Like it's my turn to be unwrapped." He nibbled at her mouth. "Do it slow.

Escape me? Never, beloved! While I am I, and you are you.

Each routine you read turns out to be pretty much what you expected. You can call it beautiful code when the code also makes it look like the language was made for the problem.

Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits him not for his counsellor.