The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.

He has got no good red blood in his body, " said Sir James."No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying glass, and it was all semicolons and parentheses, " said Mrs. Cadwallader.

He has achieved success who has lived well laughed often and loved much who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children.

As humanity becomes monstrous, monsters become nicer.

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.

Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds.

Courage is being true to yourself, true to a sense of integrity.

That which God plants he will take care to keep watered.

I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me.

George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not George Clooney in my eyes - he's George from Kentucky with an awesome, awesome heart.