The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

I want to own this transition, not to simply swallow the shame of it entire. I will push for every little irony.

As the greatest of detectives makes the greatest of criminals, a specialist in investigation is also a specialist in murder.

A good imitation is the most perfect originality.

I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.

I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.

Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that.

You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'

The Fastest way to make you dream come true is to wake up!