Whoosh! went the bluebird of sarcasm, zooming miles above Dale’s head.

There was a silence. Elliot was surprised, because he would have thought the sound of every atom in his body exploding with indignation might make some noise.

Everything happens for a reason, and nothing is an accident. It is all part of a much larger divine plan.

I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller.

I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that.

Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome.

Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.

Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.

My ambition was to bring to bear on medicine a chemical approach. I did that by chemical manipulation of viruses and chemical ways of thinking in biomedical research.

One can not be just if one is not humane.

I feel that I've grown up a little bit and I'm actually ready to settle down.

Finland, and all the other European countries, we are too dependent on imported energy. We should be using a broader variety of energy resources.