任何人都應該有自尊心自信心獨立性，不然就是奴才。但自尊不是輕人，自信不是自滿，獨立不是弧立。

凡能獨立工作的人，一定能對自己的工作開闢一條新的路線。

生命如同寓言，其價值不在長短，而在內容。

對人說不，生命是一切寶物中最高的東西。

生命是肉體和靈魂的結合，別丟失了！

懂得生命真諦的人，可以使短促的生命延長。

真正的聖者的信條是善用生命，充分地利用生命。

生命在閃耀中現出絢爛，在平凡中現出真實。

生命是美麗的，對人來說，美麗不可能與人體的正常發育和人體的健康分開。

我總覺得，生命本身應該有一種意義，我們絕不是白白來一場的。

內容充實的生命就是長久的生命。我們要以行為而不是以時間來衡量生命。

生命苦短，只是美德能將它傳到遙遠的後世。

沒有人生活在過去，也沒有人生活在未來，現在是生命確實佔有的唯一形態。

年輕只知學習營利，乃生命中最黯淡之時刻。

命的意義是在於活得充實，而不是在於活得長久。

生命是美好的，一切物質是美好的，智慧是美好的，愛是美好的！

人生有兩出悲劇：一是萬念俱灰，另一是躊躇滿志。

最聰明的人是最不願浪費時間的人。

真正的敏捷是一件很有價值的事。因為時間是衡量事業的標準，如金錢是衡量貨物的標準。

在時間的大鐘上，只有兩個字——現在。

為瞭解人生有多麼短暫，一個人必須走過漫長的生活道路。

在所有的批評中，最偉大最正確最天才的是時間。

你若是愛千古，你應該愛現在；昨日不能喚回來，明日還是不實在；你能確有把握的，只有今日的現在。

三萬六千日，夜夜當秉燭。白日何短短，百年若易海。

拋棄今天的人，不會有明天；而昨天，不過是行去流水。

我只惋惜一件事，日子太短，過得太快。一個人從來看不出做成什麼，只能看出還應該作什麼？

不要貶低黃昏，黃昏同清晨一樣是成就事業的時間。

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.

I think in general I've never dared compose in Spanish. First of all, it is such an intricate language.

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough you fight one more round.

It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.

God gave us intestines for a reason. I'm not keen on surgery. It's too extreme. All it took was one of those plastic surgery shows to see how violent it is.

I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod. Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, 'If wet, in the library.' Who could say that this is bad?

I want to play the Green Lantern. I'd love to do a comic book hero. Go to the gym, get all buff, puff up. That would be a lot of fun.

Why is it that here in the United States we have such difficulty even imagining a different sort of society from the one whose dysfunctions and inequalities trouble us so?

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

I'm an appointee of President Obama.

In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.

Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

Poetry is meant to inspire readers and listeners, to connect them more deeply to themselves even as it links them more fully to others. But many people feel put off by the terms of poetry, its odd vocabulary, its notorious difficulty.

The second album is the hardest to write. It's nothing like the first album.

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.

I'm not saying everybody has a social responsibility of what art they create, but art should be open-ended. I just feel there's a lack of consciousness and understanding of impact and reach. Just maybe, for a second, just think of the effect you could have with a lyric.

Love your enemies... it's not always an easy tenet to live by... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

I'll say this: I think from a directing standpoint, 'Loving' is my most accomplished film. Strictly from a technical, directing point of view.