Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.

Islamophobia defines whether a person is really a thinking and sentient sapiens or an ignorant caveman.

Only monsters could slay monsters.

People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing what I do, you perish.

Yelling and screaming won't really get what I want from my kids.

There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.

Beauty is not generic. Quite often, the thing that makes you memorable is the thing that makes you different.

You're right, he's a killer," you said. "A rooster with some serious issues.

We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.