Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

...nothing is more precious than independence and freedom...

On Tony Gwynn: it was a wonder that such an exuberant man could be so patient.

The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything.

The Village did a lot for me, of course, because it was my first movie.

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

Don't just cope, walk in victory.

I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all.

My heart rebels against any foreigner imposing on my country the peace which is here called Pax-Britannica.

His dreams had always been Houdiniesque: they were the dreams of a pupa struggling in its blind cocoon, mad for a taste of light and air.

I am willing to do whatever is necessary to succeed.