They [the Pilgrims] believed in freedom of thought for themselves and for all other people who believed exactly as they did.

If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.

Orangutans teach us that looks are not everything-but warned near it.

The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.

The Love bird is one hundred percent faithful to his mate-who is locked into the same cage.

The stork is voiceless because there is really nothing to say.

To the seeing eye life is mostly Sparrows.

Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.

You are nothing but trouble." If he'd meant to censure her, then he had the wrong girl. Trouble wasn't a dirty word when you were a Sweet.

...but before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself.The one thing that doesn't abide by mojority rule is a person's conscience.

I'm constantly feeding my metabolism. But at the same time if I want to go one night and have a nice dinner then I won't sweat it the next day.

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.

Freedom doesn't mean aimlessness. We can't just sleepwalk through life.... Freedom demands structure.

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

If everybody's doing everything, then who's accountable for anything?

I have a "Do Not Disturb" sign on my hotel door. It's time to go to "Don't Disturb". It's been "Do Not" for too long. We should embrace the contraction.

We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.