Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
He who writes much will not easily escape a manner, such a recurrence of particular modes as may be easily noted.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect. Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
There's no one out there like Quentin Tarantino. His films have a signature look, and they never just stick to the same kind of story.
I am not one of these people who instantly takes umbrage when he's corrected or - I love being corrected.
Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle.