One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

You can’t worry about the yesterdays or even the todays. All you can think of are the tomorrows. They are what keep you going when your life seems to be falling apart. Trust me on this.

I extol life so much that I cannot make art.

I don't think I've had a lonely moment in my life.

Concerning First Amendment fetishism - A federal subsidy for a photo of a crucifix suspended in a jar of urine is fine, but religious figures on stamps are offensive.

I tend to take [ to Bridget Jones Diaries] something that nearly happened, or might have happened, and then exaggerate it to make it funny and to make it tie into the themes.

Now, however, I see the folly of attempting to hitch one's wagon to a star with a harness that does not belong to it.

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore.

I think people should find themselves being entertained by something that's worth being entertained by.

A person who loves and kisses a tree is a normal person; a person who hates and cuts a tree is an abnormal person.

Cookies are unbelievable. I have a problem, I eat like, four to five a day.