The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.

Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.

Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.

The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.

The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

Even in my most inflamed moment I never supported a racist mass murderer.

Navigation is easy. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be able to teach it to Sailors.

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

People belong to each other only as long as they both believe. He stopped believing.

Force Majeure is a jolt. You won't know what hit you. Director Ostlund shifts gears from humor to psychological thriller with cunning skill.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Romances in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination, than to inform the judgment.

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.

I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I don't think any of that was particularly interesting.