«Я убедился на собственном опыте, что люди, не имеющие недостатков, имеют очень мало достоинств»

«Ничто не урегулировано окончательно, пока не урегулировано справедливо»

«Если бы у меня было восемь часов на то, чтобы срубить дерево, я потратил бы шесть часов на то, чтобы наточить топор»

«Будет больше пользы, если вы уступите дорогу собаке, чем если она вас укусит. Даже убив собаку, вы останетесь укушенным»

Большинство людей счастливы настолько, насколько они считают себя счастливыми»

« Кто пассивно ждёт — в конце концов получает ожидаемое, но только то, что осталось после тех, кто действовал энергично. »

«Когда я делаю добро, я чувствую себя хорошо. Когда я поступаю плохо, я чувствую себя плохо. Вот моя религия»

«Кем бы ты ни был - будь лучше»

«Отец говорил мне, что надо трудиться; он не говорил, что надо любить трудиться»

«Раз мы взялись за новое дело, мы должны иначе думать и действовать»

«Я всегда был невысокого мнения о тех, кто сегодня не старается быть умнее, чем вчера»

We want a vernacular in art. No mere verbal or formal agreement, or dead level of uniformity but that comprehensive and harmonizing unity with individual variety which can be developed among people politically and socially free.

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when and for what purpose and how is neither in every mans power nor an easy matter.

When I was a kid, my parents never let me use race as an excuse. They'd say, 'When you walk into a room and it's all white, those kids have to work to stand out, not you.'

Eastern medicine is not about curing your sickness. It's about keeping you well.

I have so many passions outside of my passion for acting.

We don't have performances as big as 'Lemonade Mouth' on 'Zeke and Luther,' but they're both amazing experiences; just, 'Lemonade Mouth' was a bit bigger. It was different for me.

When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.

When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film for $5m, then you cast A, B and C, but if you want $20m, you won't be able to cast them, you need X, Y and Z.

There's a way that you can throw negativity out there that seems rebellious. But I've always taken pleasure in a different kind of rebellion, which is putting a positive spin on everything, trying to enjoy myself at all times.

If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don't want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!

Anyone who's done their homework knows that the West was a pretty rough-and-tumble place. People from all over the world were there - and when you were there, you had to be tough as nails.

I hate flatscreens. I don't want to see anything in that much pixilation. I don't need to see the pimple on someone's face. I love the world through glass. The more old, dusty and tainted that glass is, the prettier and more impressionistic that is to me. I don't need to see everything perfectly. I don't like it.

I started doing some interviews with elderly people in the family because I knew they would pass away and we would lose the power of their story.

As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people are mistaken about each others' experiences.

I thought we would have at most an audience of 5,000 devotees because I made the decision to stick to craft, not to gossip, not to be interested in any of the juicy stuff that they talk about on other shows, but stick to the question of craft.

The new generation of researchers must be given the skills and values - not just scientific ideals, but also awareness of human weaknesses - that will enable it to correct its forebears' mistakes.

You can't be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, 'No ice cream,' buys the ice cream, and says, 'Don't tell your mother.' You teach the child to lie - and to disrespect the other parent.

Wonder is that possession of the mind that enchants the emotions while never surrendering reason. It is a grasp on reality that does not need constant high points in order to be maintained, nor is it made vulnerable by the low points of life's struggle.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds of pressures.

Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life.

I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?