He could not see a belt without hitting below it.

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.

He could not see a belt without hitting below it.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

One of my favorite feelings is the sense I get from pouring over parts of my past before lighting them up and leaving it all behind me to start over again.

I wouldn't know what to do retiring. So I have no plans to retire.

I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that... I've always done 'less is more.'

To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.

When I saw Bryan Singer's 'Usual Suspects,' I knew how it was going to end because I'd seen 'Scary Movie.' Which is not the preferred order of things, but that's how it is because my childhood was 'Home Alone,' 'Matilda,' 'Batman Returns,' 'Jumanji,' 'Secret Garden,' 'Jack,' 'Mrs. Doubtfire,' 'Titanic.' Only family films from the '90s.

My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions.

There have been situations where the people you're around have one vision for you, and it's like trying on a jacket that doesn't fit.

Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach.

I'm alive and I want to keep living.

In snowboarding, there's a huge focus on style. It's the aesthetic that draws us in.

I would say that my parents were intermittently proud of me. They couldn't hang onto it, you know? It would come and go, like the flu.

I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon.

I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

The nature of things is dharma.

Most people think that Heaven is a choir, and all you will do is sing.

My diplomatic position will not consist of going and kneeling down in front of George Bush.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.

For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom.

It's quite easy for schisms to develop in societies, in villages, cities or countries.

Sober alkies are often asked When did you hit rock bottom but a more informed question might be How many times did you hit rock bottom