We can profit only by our own misfortunes and those of others. The former, though they may be the more beneficial, are also the more painful; let us turn, then, to the latter.

If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

All things are subject to decay and change.

Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, undisputed rights.

The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.

[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.

Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.

I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.

I plan to rearrange the alphabetical order because i think it has a very big error on the parts of the sequence of some letters. For example, I have just discovered that U and I should be together.

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.