Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?

Was not from a mixture of two races that the Titans sprang?

Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?

We could raise prodigious cities and create nations, and explore the universe.

We too could wrest iron from the bowels of the earth and fashion it into ships and machines.

All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes.

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

When someone you love becomes a memory that memory becomes a treasure.

I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.

The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.

Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead.

I have a weird sense sometimes of what's going to happen before it happens, and I kind of live by that, which is how my instincts operate, I suppose.

Ironically, if you look at Dianne Feinstein's profile and you look at my profile, I'm the 99 percent. Dianne Feinstein's the one percent. She appeals to one percent.

THE ALLURE OF Montana is like a commitment to a narcotic; you can never use it up or get enough of it. Its wilderness areas probably resemble the earth on the first day of creation.

I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.

It would be nice if we could all agree to this proposition: popularity is not the same as achievement.

Priests and pastors are probably the most stereotyped characters in film and television, and the reason why, I think, is that most people don't know one. Most writers who work in Hollywood don't know any.

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

By his disobedience of God's law, before man had exercised his power to bring children into the earth, not only Adam lost everything for himself, but his children were born as sinners, imperfect, and without the right to live.

Who has words at the right moment?

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

The Fela Kuti Queens - the band members and wives of the late African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti - are my fashion icons.

Extraordinary circumstances often bring along with them extraordinary strength. No man knows, till the experiment, what he is capable of effecting.

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.

As a father my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good.

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. A repercussion.