This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show.

He’d need the woman’s help to set things right

Pain will come with time, but time will heal the pain.

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

At twenty every one is republican.

I'd be lying if I said, 'No,' to wanting a lot of kids.

I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.

If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.

When I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning.

Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.