Our social and political tasks, if we take them seriously, loom larger than life. Yet infinite responsibility destroys a human being because he is only a man and not god." ~ p.23

That is the one eternal education: to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child.

You do not have to run with out a sigh, sometimes you gotta stay and have a break when you breath and admire the beauty of the journey.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

When I got out of the army, I had the G.I. Bill. Since I had no high school education or anything like that, I came to NYU, and they took a chance on me and let me in.

I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...

I don't hurt the industry. The industry hurts itself, by making so many lousy movies - as if General Motors deliberately put out a bad car.

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

No job is beneath you. You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.

As William Penn put it: "Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." Remember... that those tyrants are often self-imposed roadblocks of your lower self at work.