Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

Acquaintance lessens fame.

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

A king is a living law.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

I came into this world the way every person on the planet does - with clenched fists.

My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and a smart black suit, her notepad on a cocktail table. I know nothing about that woman.

As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.

Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear.

There really isn't a dream role, but there's a dream situation where I could work with a director that I idolize. So, the idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me.

If I make a song, and it's my song, like 'Lean On,' we're going to make money off the synchs, the Spotify, and we get to headline festivals on it. That's the model I want to explore.

Focus on being grateful for what you have already enjoy it Then release into the universe. The universe will manifest it.

He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology and things like that.

The Godhead consists of three separate, distinct personages who are one in purpose. The Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bone while the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit.

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal government can exercise jurisdiction over, including the courts. To do that, we would need an amendment to the Constitution.

I just did something on a show on UPN called 'Girlfriends' that will be on television in February. I am actually a much better actor today than I was in 1996, believe it or not.

Sometimes a man and a woman reach a crossroads and linger there reluctant to take either way knowing the wrong choice will mean the end and knowing theres so much worth saving.

A true fascist is anyone who wants to take away my air conditioning or force me to ride a bike.

I want to point out to adults that there is a world of good material available to you now in comic form - in this medium - and learn to give it your support because the more you support it, the better the material will be as it comes out.

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Being a filmmaker in the digital platform has given me complete creative control. I can make what I want, when I want. I don't have to wait to book an audition.

I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty. When the sport became an industry, the beauty that blossoms from the joy of play got torn out by its very roots.

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.