There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

Men seldom understand any laws but those they feel.

Could we know what men are most apt to remember, we might know what they are most apt to do.

Weak men are the worse for the good sense they read in books because it furnisheth them only with more matter to mistake.

Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them.

He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

Where there is love, there are plenty of things that rhyme.

Art is not a thing

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table.

Mo Nighean donn," he whispered," mo chridhe. My brown lass, my heart." Come to me. Cover me. Shelter me. a bhean, heal me. Burn with me, as I burn for you.

Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever fully comprehending it.

All who love are conspirators.

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking.

A true friend is someone you can disagree with and still remain friends. For if not, they weren't true friends in the first place.