There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, "He who hates vice hates mankind."

Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.

To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.

The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of the mental world.

Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels' bread when found.

If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment.

Our business is not to solve problems beyond our mortal powers, but to see to it that our thoughts are not unworthy of the great theme.

Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.

Write like it matters, and it will.

One deed from a sage achieves more than a thousand deeds from warriors.

I love men not because they are men but because they are not women.

Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.

Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.

Everybody has a capacity for a happy life. All these talks about how difficult times we live in, that's just a clever way to justify fear and laziness.

I stress character, character, character.

I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact.

I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.

Downsizing budgets may be necessary, but downsizing dreams is a decision to be disappointed.