The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas (technical warrant officer trainee specialised in aircraft jet engines)

I just figured that was the life I picked, so I had to make the most of it.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

It would be interesting if Elvis were reincarnated as an Elvis impersonator.

People seem to fight about things very unsuitable for fighting. They make a frightful noise in support of very quiet things. They knock each other about in the name of very fragile things.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.