To be able to use leisure intelligently will be the last product of an intelligent civilization.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

He’d lived in the desert all his life, and he loved it. He was its child. It was his home.

I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved.

Thank God I got the rejects. These animals are very, very affectionate.

Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science but man needs both.

I've been in relationships where I've felt terribly alone. Just because you're with someone, it doesn't mean you're happy.

I don't believe in lowest common denominators. Our focus has been on delivering value. We're rarely going to be the cheapest theater in a market. We strive to be the best.

We may never know in this life why we face what we do, but we can feel confident that we can grow from the experience.

I had somebody say to me once, 'You can't make the kind of music you're making and call yourself a feminist.' The door was slammed on them swiftly after that.

Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.

I definitely had an advantage growing up in New York. It's different playing on a New York playground.