Too much sanity may be madness!

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'

Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life.

But I wasn't the girl I'd been when I left, and I knew it.

I've often stopped working for long periods.

I like to stand out and make a statement.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.

Trust me. I'm a genius.

a struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.

That is the truth about man - that he has a curious kind of dignity, but also a curious kind of misery, and that these forms of agnosticism don't understand.