People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.

You have to chase your dreams with all your heart.

But things are so bad, I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t do something.

{She] laughed so that the street seemed full of little silver bells,

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

I've got a job to do, and I'm going to be judged upon whether or not the world is more peaceful and whether or not America is more prosperous and more compassionate.

Says he foun' he jus' got a little piece of a great big soul. Says a wilderness ain't no good, 'cause his little piece of a soul wasn't no good 'less it was with the rest, an' was whole.

A dream is the key that unlocks the mysteries of the waking world.

a struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.

Change your story, change your power.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.