We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

Nothing for preserving the body like having no heart.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.

If there is any one truth from the legacy of the Cayce readings, it would be that there is a spiritual dimension to humans, something beyond time and space.

Our information network is much better protected than our railroad network, and someone who cracks a system is able to cause far less human damage than someone who derails a train. Why, then, has 'computer crime' caused so much hysteria? Perhaps because the public is so willing - eager, even - to be scared by bogeymen.

I think only of the joy and forget the folly-I lose sight of common sense, and follow my desire.

Someone like Ashlee Simpson, she lip-synchs on 'Saturday Night Live,' gets totally called out la Milli Vanilli, and no one really cares that much. It doesn't make me hate Ashlee; she's just taking instructions.

The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is the role of Congress to debate and authorize this before the President acts precipitously.

That's the cool thing, when I get to work with people I love. The biggest has probably been Kris Kristofferson on 'Bloodworth.'

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

When belief in a god dies, the god dies.

I like to say what I think, and if it happens to push buttons, sorry.

If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The suns rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

The devil's main purpose is not to scare us, in a horror-movie way; when we're scared of him, we're alert to him, and that might undermine his plans. Instead, he wants to quietly, subtly lure us into stepping away from God.

A hot bath How exquisite a vespertine pleasure how luxurious fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigours the austerities the renunciations of the day.

You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be.

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already.

In person, George W. Bush is extremely forceful. He has a restless energy when he sits in a chair, and nearly leaps out of it when making certain points.

Umbrellas are so small and sad and easy to forget.

Disease is a vital expression of the human organism.

I am the most popular man in Israel.

I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I'm still sort of an invalid now.