I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion.
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love - or to be loved by - is difficult.
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane.
The way to improve our schools is not more money, but the reintroduction of moral and spiritual values, as well as the four R's: reading, 'riting, 'rithmatic, and Rush.
Do not listen to the killjoys who tell you never to eat oysters in months that do not contain the letter R: May, June, July, August, Octoba. You know.
This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.
The truth is that Ron is my hero. He's always there for his friends - sometimes belligerently, but there nevertheless. He's also the comic relief in stressful situations; the funny guy with a great one-liner. And no matter how scared he may be, he will put aside his fears to support and protect the people he loves. To me, that represents true courage.