There is but a plank between a sailor and eternity.

That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank,- Creation's blot, creation's blank.

You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.

You’re not too smart, are you? I like that in a man

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful.

Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because I'm an idealist.

Allowing someone else to make us happy will make them happy too.

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them.

Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.