The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.

I carry my burdens to the Lord. He lightens the weight on my shoulders.

I believe the man who will go down in posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him.

Children's books are by nature partisan.

Being attacked by right-wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

Awareness is bad for the meat business. Conscience is bad for the meat business. Sensitivity to life is bad for the meat business. DENIAL, however, the meat business finds indispensable.

I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong

I had no immediate knowledge of the world of Batman at all. I'm quite incubated. I just keep myself to myself and my dog.

There's truths there that spiral out of what appears to be just a word game. That's what I find mystifying about the meanings of things: they kind of unscrew themselves from the practical words.

Everybody has a different definition of the good side.