Que a melhor sala de aula do mundo está aos pés de uma pessoa mais velha; Que quando você está amando dá na vista; Que ter uma criança adormecida em seus braços é um dos momentos mais pacíficos do mundo.

É mais fácil obter o que se deseja com um sorriso do que à ponta da espada.

Há mais perigo em teus olhos do que em vinte espadas!

As juras mais fortes consomem-se no fogo da paixão como a mais simples palha.

Chorar sobre as desgraças passadas é a maneira mais segura de atrair outras.

Não há arauto mais perfeito da alegria do que o silêncio. Eu sentir-me-ia muito pouco feliz se me fosse possível dizer a que ponto o sou.

Há mais coisas no céu e na terra, Horácio, do que sonha a tua filosofia.

Ter um filho ingrato é mais doloroso do que a mordida de uma serpente!

A beleza provoca o ladrão mais do que o ouro.

Se todo o ano fosse de férias alegres, divertirmo-nos tornar-se-ia mais aborrecido do que trabalhar.

De todas as paixões baixas, o medo é a mais amaldiçoada.

As coisas mais mesquinhas enchem de orgulho os indivíduos baixos.

Tenha paciência. Tudo aquilo que você deseja, se for verdadeiro, e o mais importante: se for para ser seu, acontecerá.

O meu amor eu guardo para os mais especiais. Não sigo todas as regras da sociedade e às vezes ajo por impulso. Erro, admito. aprendo, ensino. Todos erram um dia: por descuido, inocência ou maldade. Conservar algo que faça eu recordar de ti seria o mesmo que admitir que eu pudesse esquecer-te.

Algumas quedas servem para que levantemos mais felizes.

Devagar! Quem mais corre, mais tropeça!

Uma pessoa é única ao estender a mão, e ao recolhê-la inesperadamente torna-se mais uma. O egoísmo unifica os insignificantes.

As mais belas jóias, sem defeito, com o uso o encanto perdem.

Maturidade tem mais a ver com o tipo de experiência que você teve na vida, do que com quantas velas você apagou.

Há mais mistérios entre o céu e a terra do que a vã filosofia dos homens possa imaginar.

Growing up, I was not used to good things happening to me.

When I was hired to write and direct a movie, my Christian duty suddenly became quite clear: My primary duty as a Christian in Hollywood is to do my job well.

Adding wings to caterpillars does not create butterflies. It creates awkward and dysfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies are created through transformation.

Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.

People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.

There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial.

I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things.

The fact that people still talk and obsess about 'Twin Peaks', more than twenty years after the fact, is a great validation for what we thought we had going at the time.

Childhood is just this amazing place, and in my books, I was trying to express my concern about childhood being eroded. You have kids' TV programs being interrupted by terrorist attacks, and kids are exposed to so much these days.

'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.

It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.

Games are starting to creep into every aspect of our day.

It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was unique and surprising, to get it, to put it on film you have to make choices and reject a lot of things so you're always wondering: 'Am I doing it right?'

When voters know what Democrats stand for, we can improve the lives of all Americans, no matter their race, religion or sexual orientation.

History proves... that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a stock market collapse.

I'm not a sentimental guy.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur backwards.

The instinct of self preservation in human society acting almost subconsciously as do all drives in the human mind is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity.

I'm trying to conquer swimming. I'm getting there. I've gotta conquer it. I had a fear of drowning and tunnels and flying. I started flying and got my pilot's license, so I conquered that. Now, I'm onto swimming and tunnels.

China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is a common position for Japan and its Asian neighbors that we certainly would strive to maintain as much as possible friendly relations with China.

The pen is mightier than sword

All the great game show hosts have a signature 'look,' from Bob Barker's year-round Brazil Nut-hued tan to Monty Hall's oversized lamb chop sideburns. As the host of IFC's new comedy game show 'Bunk,' I, too, have worked to develop a style signature by being the first man or woman in TV history to host every show in my bare feet!