Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?

Happiness is a form of courage.

Books worth reading are worth re-reading.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

Originality is only variation.

The nearer the church the further from God.

We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination.

I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so.

I had been doing something for more than half of my life that I wanted to continue doing - I really loved making the film and I really love acting and it is what I want to do.

For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as he survives transfixed with rapture.

Trifles, trifles are what matter!

Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.

So long as one is happy one can endure any discipline: it was unhappiness that broke down the habits of work.

Anyone know if the shuttles to Hell will have Wifi? Asking for a friend.

I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world.