When I don’t understand, I have an unbearable itch to know why.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

It's not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.

When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.

Whatever your walk in life is, you pick what you want to be, then go ahead and be the best one.

I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think.

A principal fruit of friendship, is the ease and discharge of the fullness and swellings of the heart, which passions of all kinds do cause and induce.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

Obviously, with creating music you are solely responsible for the creation of it.

Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.

Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow