Nothing is black or white.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

A lie never lives to be old.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.