The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

Baltasar Gracian

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Jane Austen

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.

Elizabeth I

He was a wise man who invented beer.

Plato

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

Blaise Pascal

The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

Jacqueline Carey

After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think.

George Eliot

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

Les Brown

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul when death is immanent what can you do?

Chanakya

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to.

Orlando Bloom

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice.

Marc Maron