The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people.

The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination.

Fame does different things to different people. For some people it makes them a better person.

We are all the same and we all want the same things: the right to be happy, to be just who we want to be and to love who we want to love.

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound.

The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development.

Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.

My fans will tell you all day that I can rap. That's all I need.

If there is a next life, I hope it's in the past; I don't think the future will be any more handleable. I think it's a little harsh how the END button is red.

A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.