Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.

Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.

Fortunately for serious minds a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.

Individual warrants every day are used to arrest dangerous people.

The cameo I did in 'Fellowship of the Ring' was I was in the street of Bree, and I was eating a carrot.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

A journey awakens all our old fears of danger and risk. Your life is on the line. You are living by your own resources; you have to find your own way and solve every problem on the road.

Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons - for money, or for fame.

Millions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law.

If we say that anyone who "moralizes" must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.

I'm lucky enough to have two different platforms to perform on - I do stand-up comedy, and I have 'SNL.' That's where I make my most controversial statements because I can explain myself and I'm in control of the microphone, as opposed to Twitter, where it's in the hands of the reader.

Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others.

Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.

Money costs too much.

Design is an unknown.

Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.

My dream duet would be with Dolly Parton!

I believe in the power of ideas, I believe in the power of books, but you have to give them time.

I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.

I think people in general think more about their insecurities.

The highest form of worship is to answer God's prayer.

The only thing I know is this I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

If I had to name one thing that probably causes more conflict within the band, it's probably the fact that I'm the girl, and it takes much longer with hair and makeup and wardrobe. But they've gotten used to it. It's one of those things I think they realize that when they say she'll be ready in 10 minutes, it normally means 15 or 20.

Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th, 18th, centuries today pretty much anybody who wants to do it can, and the information that they need to do it is there.

The beast is not dead.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?