There are intelligible principles inherent in the matter of every phenomenon; because matter is essentially the sum of all the seemings that it has for any and all persons.

Man is the measure of all things.

No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

Man is the measure of all things, of the reality of those which are, and of the unreality of those which are not.

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist.

Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life

There are two sides to every question.

Everyone, including the Athenians [...] are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all.

Man is the measure of all things, of things that are that they are, and of things that are not that they are not.

When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely through justice and soundness of mind.

As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.

Live optimistic life.

There is no inner peace found in taking care of me and mine. It is present in attending to the needs of we and ours.

If you're early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late.

How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free.

Guys want to be respected and acknowledged. They want to feel what they contributed matters.

The defensive perimeter [of the United States in East Asia] runs along the Aleutians to Japan and then goes to the Ryukyus.

How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still be in power.

Evolution is the root of atheism, of communism, nazism, behaviorism, racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all manner of anti-Christian systems of belief and practice.

We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair

Acting was my after-school activity. I never planned on growing up and becoming an actor.