The circumstances of everyday life were too demanding-and in American's great cities, appalling.

Every library is a palace

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

I mean, I think everybody realizes that calling people racist is a waste of time, nobody buys it anymore.

In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal.

Even though I have so many things to figure out, I'm very much at peace. I don't feel like I'm closing the chapter on this phase of life - I feel like I'm closing the book and starting a new one.

I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the next one.

Stand-up comedy had an interesting effect on me in terms of how I started to think about constructing things, because I really loved the interstices, the linkages, or lack thereof.

I dream of an India that is a hub of opportunities. We can't restrict ourselves to skills only, we need to encourage entrepreneurship.

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

God talks to His people-to each one of us-through His Word, through the counsel of godly friends, and through the Holy Spirit.