We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things.

Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral.

I am afraid that as people grow old there is a tendency for them to believe that what the past *ought* to have been it was.

...Leggett feels that to be excitingly right in general is better than to be dully accurate in particular. That is why he is such an effective journalist.

He didn’t really like travel, of course. He liked the idea of travel, and the memory of travel, but not travel itself.

I do admire [Willie] Wonka. He's a true capitalist. His factory has zero government regulations, slave labor and an indoor boat. Wonderful.

Performing in front of my fans is what I love to do and I hope I get to do it forever.

When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.

That's all it took to solve problems - just sense.

Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.

The world is content with setting right the surface of things.

Angels want peace; devils want war! Wise man wants tranquillity and creation; stupid man wants noise and destruction!

I love uniforms because they allow you to hide. No one knows what you are thinking, so it's a very appropriate and correct way to be yourself.

I - and I bet all the panelists here - truly believe that movies really can change the world.