With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.

I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

It's not psychopathology that counts. It's what you do with it.

Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative.

The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.

Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour and the need to bridge the gap is the source of creative behaviour.

The human spirit is not indestructible but a courageous few discover that when in hell they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour, and the need to bridge the gap is the source of creative behaviour.

I did a film in which Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton both played the leads, 'Desperate Measures,' and interestingly enough it was their biggest payday. The film didn't do well, and it kind of marked their careers. They've done less since. It all changed.

I didn't believe in a guardian angel when I was young. I was brought up in the Protestant faith, and the one thing you had over your Catholic friends was that you didn't have those awful saints chivvying you around.

Nobody makes me laugh like my wife.

A comic book and a straight drama all have the same elements. If you're playing tragedy, you have to be aware of the comedy; if you're playing comedy, you have to be aware of the tragedy. If you're playing comic book, you have to be aware of the reality.

I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment.

When you meet someone with a vision, you have to give them a shot and an opportunity to see what they can do.

Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

The way I see it, more people are wired with broadband from 9 to 5 during the day than watch TV at night. So therefore isn't the real prime time 9 to 5? Playing games at your desk - that's the new prime time, isn't it?

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.

The United States was seriously defeated in Iraq by Iraqi nationalism - mostly by nonviolent resistance. The United States could kill the insurgents, but they couldn't deal with half a million people demonstrating in the streets.

I had a pension that I was paying into for 27 years... It's now worth less than a Herman Cain endorsement.

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina.

My agents and my managers are very good at whittling things down to the things they think I would be good at and that I'd respond well to, and that includes theater, TV and film. Whatever it is, if the material is right for me, then I'll go for it.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.

A meal without cheese is like a beautiful woman who lacks an eye.

To do what you love can sometimes be stressful.

I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood.

Before I go to bed at night, I ice my face, because it closes your pores and makes a difference in the morning.

I discovered by working with actual glass models that the important thing is the play of reflections and not the effect of light and shadow, as in ordinary buildings.

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

I go up to San Francisco on holidays and spend time with my family there, but whenever I go to Japan, I enjoy every moment. I try to go back there every year or so. It's a phenomenal place, and I absolutely love it. It's not my second home; it is my home. Whenever I go back, I feel very connected with Japan.

We all who live have A life that is lived And another life that is thought And the only life we have Its the one that is divided In right or wrong.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Liberty Through Strength II is simply aimed at retaining data that was already available. It has already been collected lawfully.