The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical.
I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered.
The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G. K. Chesterton has compared this to the fisherman's line, which allows the fish the illusion of free play in the water and yet has him by the hook; in his own time the fisherman by a 'twitch upon the thread' draws the fish to land.
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
We are American at puberty. We die French.
For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.
I can't bare you when you're not amusing.
The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.
Middle school was what programmed me to be semi-insecure, like, all of the time. I didn’t fit in…. I’d stand on the outside of the circle but I was never really in. That’s when I started to realize there’s this thing called rejection.
I love pitting people against each other. My whole life is based on that. It brings out the best in people and the worst in people. If the worst comes out, you don't want them working for you.
A man needs a purpose for real health.