power can be thought of as the never-ending, self-feeding motor of all political action that corresponds to the legendary unending accumulation of money that begets money.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

You must be clever, Tracey to do these forgeries.""She's not clever. I did them, " yelled Frieda."You'll get five years.""She did them."From Halfpennies and Blue Vinyl

Do you have children? she asked. No. Why? The man answered that one had to have faith in the world to have children.

Authenticity is not an innate quality - that is, you are not born with it. Being an authentic leader is not something you can say about yourself; it must be attributed to you.

Never give in, never surrender, Never allow despair to overcome your spirit.

Well, you know, once again, Donald [Trump] is implying that he didn't support the invasion of Iraq. I said it was a mistake.

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.

Our most meaningful conversations go on late at night when we're on the phone with our friends or talking to our lovers.

Light and darkness cannot occupy the same space at the same time.