With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living.

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.

In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks.

Many a necklace becomes a noose.

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads for us.

I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.

Hollywood's got its own particular environment.

The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.

You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know. I just want the hugs, the kisses. A kiss!

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

The more we learn, the more questions arise.

Pain + Reflection = Progress

Through the outreach that I have done, through platforms, I hope to unify Singaporeans because at the end of the day, Singapore is our home. We share a common destiny, and I think all of us work together for the benefit of our country.

I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already.

Performing on stage is my first love - it's why I wanted to be an actor in the first place - and 'Arcadia' is the highlight of my career so far. I love the intimacy of a live theatre audience - you can really squeeze every last drop out of each scene.

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

The word 'Antichrist', to me, is the collective disbelief in god.

Love's an excuse to get hurt.

Styx has their own style of music, and I think that's justifiable, the same way that Asia and Yes have had - Yes particularly has a unique style that seems to have transcended all styles of music for 43 years.

Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her. No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do.

Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought.

Over the past several decades, a growing number of investors have been choosing to put their money in funds that screen companies for their environmental and labor records. Some socially responsible investors are starting to add free expression and privacy to their list of criteria.

My daughter's just going to be really hip! My goal is to be as eco-conscious as possible: There's so much out there for parents who want to do that. I plan to keep her eco-friendly as she gets older. I think we all sort of have to do it.

It's been one of those years where you just try to keep going and learn on what you need to do to make yourself better. You just have to keep going.

In New York, I get a tremendous amount of ideas by looking at the paintings and the sculptures, adapting artistic endeavors to crafts. There is a lot of inspiration around us that we can see every day and turn into projects.

To do anything truly worth doing I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.