The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.
Art is a part of the rebellion against the realities of its unfulfilled desire.
I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.
The most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don't give it to us in peace, we will take it by force.
What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine!
Even the smallest thing can be enough to encourage someone who has decided to give up hope.
True joy is a profound remembering; and true grief the same.
For every role, you have to always find a different way to approach it, one that's specific and suits what the key is. Every role's a mystery. I think if you know what it is, you probably shouldn't even do it.
One of the worst things anybody can do is assume. I think fools assume. If people have really got it together, they never assume anything. They believe, they work hard, and they prepare- but they don't assume.