We in this country, in this generation, are, by destiny rather than choice, the watchmen on the walls of world freedom.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined as that which we typically aim to avoid.

Shame is like melting. You can actually feel your muscles sag and drop, as if your body is preparing you to crawl, or possibly ooze, to the nearest exit.

Being famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants... I wish it would do more interesting things!

Now and forever, I'll remember all the promises still unbroken and think about all the words between us that never needed to be spoken.

This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.

When I came to Hollywood, I spoke no English - except nobody bullied me. Every day, I had nothing to do except training in English, to keep talking.

I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting.

Is it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of Civilization-one for home consumption and one for the heathen market?

As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.

You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.