Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Religions change; beer and wine remain.

Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded.

Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void

Southward, two mighty ranges of the Appalachians shouldered their way into the blue distance like tremendous caravans marching across eternity.

Some of the shells brought my heart into my mouth; lying there waiting for them was intolerable. I was sure I was going to be blown to pieces.

To know what to do with time is to convert a day

It’s strange how we tend to underestimate the power of small steps and think that they are not at all useful or effectual

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of kings.

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

Even just a normal shot I find that much more interesting because of the 3D. It's like a shot of a couple of cars and us walking and it's like, "Oh wow, this is 3D. I've never seen this before!".

Liberals were just as engaged and using the rhetoric of a sort of a battle with the Soviets and with Communism in general, with an evil empire.

Fear is what prevents the flowering of the mind.

There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible.

I grew up middle class. My father was a public functionary who didn't leave an inheritance, just debts.

I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.