Rage is essentially vulgar.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

My son, there may be a time when I explain these things to you, because there may be a time when I understand them.

"What is the most beautiful word in the language?" The elderly lawyer quickly replied: "Home."

No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.

Jessica: “You great drunken jackass!” Dain: “I did not give you leave to use my Christian name.

Because I've been doing my practice for so long, I knew what to do even under really hard circumstances.

I think the great sketch shows, like 'Python' and 'Mr. Show,' they didn't stick around for very long. There's something kind of cool about that.

Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.