It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

There is nothing permanent except change.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

I don't know that many Australian actors in Los Angeles, but there are a few of us. I mean, we kind of get together occasionally, but I wouldn't say it's an alliance or anything like that.

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.'

Social Security is an extremely complicated program.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

Early human thought proceeded by metaphor.

At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart.

The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.

I was definitely a thespian of sorts in elementary school. I went to a real small private school, and every year, I participated in the talent shows and the school plays - all of 'em.

An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment.

These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.

There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.

The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'

The most difficult part of playing Christ was that I had to keep up the image around the clock. As soon as the picture finished, I returned home to Sweden and tried to find my old self. It took six months to get back to normal.

I do not believe that Darren Wilson should've been charged, but Brown should not have lost his life. Brown and Trayvon Martin should've gotten their butts kicked badly. They should've been handled physically, but they should not have been killed.

Being single is just a status, not destiny.

Our knowledge and all of our ideas are mutually connected; the more complicated they are, the more numerous must be the roads that lead to them and depart from them.

It's important for a guy to know and understand me before he can even think about taking things to the next step.

If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?

I think what we all have to do is make this big leap towards renewables. And it has to be a solution where you're actually building the answer; and it has to be built faster than the natural gas industry can build their answer.

Why spend money on movies when you can spend it on gas? Or dry cleaning? Or groceries?

Like most readers, I tend to skip the acknowledgements at the beginnings of books: the 'To-My-Wife-Without-Whose-Invaluable-Assistance' kind of thing.

My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.

As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role.

Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. Its not what happens to you that matters but how you respond.