Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

It was stupid to hope, she knew. But sometimes hope was all you had.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.

When your dad is a country music fan and you take long car trips, you become one too.

Life is just masturbation in a sense, mentally. What people do is they just create a world out of their self-reflection.

Anything that can be dreamed is true.

I really take acting seriously.

I work six months and get three or four with the family.

Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.

I love it when receivers catch the balls with their hands.

I hold my peace, sir? no; No, I will speak as liberal as the north; Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak.