Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Make sure you wear something appropriate, dear. You never know who you’ll run into and it’s always smart to look your best.

those who believed in the Good Lord, for whom death was just a journey, and it didn't make them sad at all

There are things I could say. But I don't.

Every single day was just a box on the calendar that I could put a red X through; each one brought me closer to Lucas and to liberty.

ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them.

I had always assumed the weekend was a holy tradition, respected by good people everywhere. Not so at Wexford.

We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

My problem is with the warped value system our culture has. Why is it that if you knife a woman in a movie it's PG, but if you swear at her it's rated R and if you make love to her it's rated X?

We pretty much had crazy weather, historically speaking, in every location we filmed [The Fourth Phase]. Nothing has been normal in the past three years.