The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things.

The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.

The best doctor, if you're sick, may not be the one that shares your faith. We found that out to be true at Liberty with the years of struggles with the accountants and lawyers we brought in and the financial management.

No pain, no gain.

When training and matches are finished, we'll all go out and have food together; we're always in touch with each other.

We have never heard of laundering in Macau; money laundering is unheard of. Mind you, my casino, every bit of money - someone says Stanley Ho, you issue me a check of so much money - we don't give that easy.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I.

I train my muscles, and I do a lot of stretching, and try to kick higher. But for me, practicing kung-fu is a way to relax myself.

When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that.

What’s encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer shut down in ignorance. We see very clearly that we’re closing off. That in itself begins to illuminate the darkness of ignorance.

I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities.

I was doing community theater since I was about nine.

A positive attitude turns 'I can't & I won't,' into 'I have & I WILL!'

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press.

I am happy to be who I am where I am and when I am.

When people dont express themselves they die one piece at a time.

One of my great goals in life is to live long enough to where I am in the pulpit, preaching my heart out, and I die on the spot, my chin hits the pulpit - boom! - and I'm down and out. What a way to die!

I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone.

I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.

I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

If you provide enough value, then you earn the right to promote your company in order to recruit new customers. The key is to always provide value.

One wrong move, and you destroy your career.

Women just weren't made to bear children to give them away.