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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.

I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.

I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

I remember when I saw 'The Matrix' when I was 13, I saw it in the theaters, and I was so blown away by it. It was one of the most memorable experiences I definitely ever had in the theater.

I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.

I started out thinking of America as highways and state lines. As I got to know it better, I began to think of it as rivers.

I still have night terrors about things happening to my son. The worst things cross your mind when you care so much. I keep them at bay as best I can, and it's a struggle for me not to just do everything for him.

Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?

I think at times the very strong feelings I have about my country coincide with my musical ability, and I'm able to actually turn it into music, a song or even hopefully a memorable song, sometimes. You may find it surprising, but I'm a very intense, proud American. I love being an American.

I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.

It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.

I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.

I think that you should just be yourself and make sure you pick a really, really good song, and make sure you're memorable.

I think the reason the stories are briskly paced, when they are, is that I like story. I like stories where things happen and there are surprises and reversals, in addition to vivid characters and a memorable voice. So those are the kinds of stories I try to write. And it turns out that's pretty much the only kind of writing that works for TV. It's a medium that just devours story, demands surprises and reversals. So my sensibility is suited to TV storytelling, at least as we think of it today.

I think the fall from the farmer to the operative as great and memorable as that from the man to the farmer.

I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated their deeds.

I think we have an obligation to put on a fun show and put on a concert that's memorable, that's energetic and that spreads joy and open-mindedness. If being open-minded and joyful is against your political beliefs, then you know, f**k you.

I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love.

It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.

It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods any time.

It is characteristic of fundamental discoveries, of great achievements of the intellect, that they retain an undiminished power upon the imagination of the thinker. The memorable experiment of Faraday with a disc rotating between two poles of a magnet, which has borne such magnificent fruit, has long passed into every-day experience; yet there are certain features about this embryo of the present dynamos and motors which even today appear to us striking, and are worthy of the most careful study.

It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced.

It is so often the odd, the unexpected, the apparently trifling, that stamps itself upon the memory for ever, while much more memorable things pass away like a breath of wind.

It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories.

It's delicious to have people adore you, but it's exhausting, too. Particularly when your own feelings don't match theirs.

I try to be specific. One thought at a time. Clear. Articulate. And above all, memorable, if you can be. You'd like to write phrases that people can't forget as soon as they read them.

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

It's great to be paid, but it's better to do something original that's going to be memorable.

It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.

It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry-or laugh.

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I got to see firsthand the sacrifices that Israelis make in the name of security because of the dangerous state of affairs there. I will always be a strong supporter of Israel.

I used to love the way everyone talked about food as if it were one of the most important things in life. And, of course, it is. Without it we would die. Each of us eats about one thousand meals each year. It is my belief that we should try and make as many of these meals as we can truly memorable.

I've done about four deaths in films now, and I think it's quite good because then it's sort of a memorable moment in the film.

It takes a village to raise a child.

It was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man.