“It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.”

An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.

The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.

There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.

I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.

Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache

If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.

Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.

You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.

Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

The mind of the thinker and the student is driven to admit, though it be awe-struck by apparent injustice, that this inequality is the work of God.

Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.

Today, the number of migrants crossing is at a 30-year low. That’s because of years of bipartisan work on this issue.

The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.

The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.

We need to see each moment of apparent bondage as an invitation to freedom. Then it becomes an act of love, an act of compassion, to stop running away.