“I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.”

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom.

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

The prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.

We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.

I like comedy when its mixed with action, it’s just so much fun to do comedy with a bit of action, its fun to watch and also so much fun to do.

I’ve always felt that the game itself is pretty much a melody and I am there to provide the lyrics.

I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.

I had to walk down that aisle between all the players. I really didn’t know too much about the Detroit Tigers at that time.

The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.

It is a badge of distinction, an emblem of success, without having to say too much about it.

Producing Bob Dylan was pretty much a spectator sport.