We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!

Don't judge a cat by its coat.

---on her best days, she glimpses the limitless span of millennia behind her: millions of years, tens of millions.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

Some players need a boot up their backside. Other players need the arm

What a blessed if painful thing, this business of being alive.

It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.

They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.

Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart

But I wouldn't call myself sadistic.

Frank Sinatra's never been handsome, but he's one of my favorite singers. Who needs looks when you have a voice and power?