There was something of Francis in the boy, something pure and genuine and flawed. That type didn't think twice before running headlong into a burning house or a young girl's arms.

That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night.

Something must be left to chance nothing is sure in a sea fight.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.

There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British.

The Chinese have an excellent proverb: "Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

If you think Wall Street firms have it good, you haven't looked closely at Big Oil.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

I love mythology, grew up loving it. I'm a middle kid, big family, that's the thing you did in the farm country. I lived in Iowa, I loved mythology. I don't know, we're like that.

A liar is full of oaths.