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

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

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

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.

Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing, Leave a house empty, it rots.

I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.

In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs.

The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group.

So remember it, lad. If your head thinks up mischief, your backside's going to pay for it. Brian Fraser to young Jamie

All changes pass me like a dream, I neither sing nor pray; And thou art like the poisonous tree That stole my life away.

the grief that can be turned into words soon heals.

Let me be surrounded by luxury, I can do without the necessities!

The wedding is where two people become one. The marriage is where they decide which one.