There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.

To think is to say 'no.'

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.

The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.

People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale as if it were a horror story left open on a table.

We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.

Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm?

If he set out right now to make a list of the things he had taken for granted in his life, he’d go broke buying paper.

Your best is good enough.

Divide and conquer must become define and empower.

Education is a nation's cheapest defence

City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur

Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.

I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost.

Even the police have an unlisted number.

Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.

You only know who you think you are. You sort of feel like you could change at any minute.