People give up the earth for beauty.

Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv.

Captures the reader with true magic.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

Communication is the one class no one graduates from. Even the wisest man's words will be misinterpreted by a fool.

When it comes to achieving, what matters is you to know, what you really want and make up your mind to believe in your own efforts that you will achieve and you will make it with ease.

So when I saw you lying in the shed there, I thought that even God couldn't be that cruel. You were everything I ever asked for – so maybe you could also be the love of my life...

It's going to be Perry, it's going to be Romney...It's sort of a battle for the soul of the Republican Party - and they have no soul, but the space where a soul would be.

Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.

I naturally gravitate to darker characters. Gotham. Batman's suit. It's all dark; he's very interesting. It all comes from his builds and guts.

Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies.

Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home.

It was good to be out there again. Actually I told my wife the same thing: Itll be fun to go out in a stadium on a field competing. Even though it was just a scrimmage.

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.