A educação é uma coisa admirável, mas é bom recordar que nada do que vale a pena saber pode ser ensinado.

A insatisfação é o primeiro passo para o progresso de um homem ou de uma nação.

A arte começa onde a imitação acaba.

A diferença entre a literatura e o jornalismo é que o jornalismo é ilegível e a literatura não é lida.

A arte é a forma mais intensa de individualismo que o mundo já conheceu.

A essência do pensamento, tal como a essência da vida, é o crescimento.

A caridade cria uma multidão de pecados.

A experiência é o nome que damos aos nossos erros.

A infância não é mais do que um longo percurso de inocente escuta às portas para se ouvir o que se devia ignorar.

A mais alta e mais baixa forma de crítica é de género autobiográfico.

Aquilo a que chamamos de falta de sinceridade é muito simplesmente o método pelo qual multiplicamos as nossas personalidades.

A sociedade frequentemente perdoa o criminoso, ela nunca perdoa o sonhador.

A moralidade é apenas a atitude que adoptamos para com as pessoas de que pessoalmente não gostamos.

As religiões morrem quando se prova que são verdadeiras. A ciência é uma sequência de religiões mortas.

A obra de arte deve dominar o espectador. O espectador não deve dominar a obra de arte.

As pessoas hoje conhecem o preço de tudo e o valor de nada.

Aqueles que não fazem nada estão sempre dispostos a criticar os que fazem algo.

As nossas caras são verdadeiras máscaras que nos foram dadas para ocultarem os pensamentos.

A moda é o que a gente traz, o que está fora de moda é o que trazem os outros.

A morte é a única coisa que me terrifica. Detesto-a. Hoje em dia pode-se sobreviver a tudo excepto isso.

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.

I'm starting my own family, and there is no other feeling like it.

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.

Yahoo is still in many ways the definitive brand of the consumer Internet, but I don't think they can or should compete with Google any longer. That game is over.

I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they put out an intelligence report saying that Iran would never back off from attacks on shipping in the Gulf if we use force.

I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.

Do I have any advice for someone new to No. 10? Never open the door in your nightie. And that everybody has to adjust to it in a way that's right for their family.

I like to know exactly what's being put into my food.

I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.

People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.

I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral. And, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco.

I got into music, I was in a band, I was at art school. I was quite trendy, although I'd hate to meet myself. The over-preening, the pretentiousness, the arrogance of youth! I think, 'Oh, that guy was so full of himself.'

In the anxiety to get beautiful colour harmony do not exhaust all combinations on one canvas.

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

In the library, one often finds people close their mouths and open their minds!

It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.

The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.

Every life is precious to God. God created every one of us. He gave us a soul, and that soul will live as long as God lives.

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement.

My first car was a BMW. A white BMW.

The media has been nice to me so far, but if I get compared to Channing one more time... I'm taking it as a compliment, but it is crazy how many times people have compared me to him. I don't know if 'Magic Mike' is in my future, but we'll see.

Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to fund science. The federal budget needs to recognize this.

Education is dangerous - every educated person is a future enemy.

I do reinvent old hits of mine and sort of give them a new life.