Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.

Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.

I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera.

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

My parents were very, very, very strict.

Deceit is in haste but honesty can wait a fair leisure

Forgive and forget.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.

Chronic pain or other challenges are invitations gifts that challenge us to learn how to manage the mind.

When I was working on a Victorian-era novel, to get in the mood, I read several historical novels set in approximately the same period and place, and really enjoyed the detective novels of John Dickson Carr.

All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.'

No woman or girl is going to want to spend time looking at pretty dresses on the Internet. Vogue is going to be around for a long time to come.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

I was told that Ganesha sat between Lakshmi and Saraswati. My quest to attain the blessings of both goddesses explains my physique.

I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to very quiet, and SNJO covers those bases.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.

Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Growing up, I had the weird fantasy list: I wanted to be Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee. You have to have almost psychotic drive, because you're going to have years of failure.

My body is a compass and it does not lie.

You cant fire a cannon from a canoe

You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for God.

The art gods cooked up something special for James Ensor.