We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

If any thing is sacred the human body is sacred.

'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.

It's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

Depression is boring, I think and I would do better to make some soup and light up the cave.

I don't know that I necessarily feel more comfortable in the context of smaller films, but I tend to feel more comfortable more often than not with the material of smaller films.

The energy I was sensing in audiences was political energy, as much as anything else.

There's a difference between failures and things that are bad.

Friendships, even the best of them, are frail things. One drifts apart.

to live life as a writer is a very lucky thing.

Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.