. . . the messiness of experience, that may be what we mean by life.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

I write to discover what I think.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.

By writing quotes...I mark a trail of my soul's journey in this realm.

Always trust in proven survivors.

A bit of sniffles and men are more work than a brood of babies.

I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.

We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

In time, you'll see a thin line between friend and rival. Between you and me: stupidity and men's bravado.

Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will come out great

I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear. I seek a society non-reliant on nuclear energy, a society that can do without nuclear energy, and Japan can prove a role model. It’s possible.

Spurn not the nobly born with love affected; nor treat with virtuous scorn the well connected.