Reason will by degrees submit to absurdity, as the eye is in time accommodated to darkness.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Fill your mind Holy Scripture, that speak life into your life.

I am a bed of sparks you breathe upon and kindle

You don't get creative by staying in the same place.

Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I cant do by myself you know.

We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism

Often, to be free means the ability to deal with the realities of one's own situation so as not to be overcome by them.

Competing loves are detected in the gap between saying and doing.

Reason alone cannot give you a whole steak, but it sure helps with identifying bologna.

My problem painting from my life was I found that you can't paint dirt without romanticising it.