The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.