Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser

Love is as clear as water from a pitcher.

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

I didn't go to a conservatoire, and I have certain low opinions of certain aspects of the conservatory experience.

People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes.

As for inhibitions, I've spent a lifetime developing them, and I don't intend to lose them.

Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other words, with games, learning is the drug.

It's great that we've got a compassionate conservative, but to me, that sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

New York City is still the art capital - every time I'm in New York, I'm thinking about competition.

I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to.