There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Sydney J. Harris, Strictly Perso

The will of man is his happiness.

Friedrich von Schiller

The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk! The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work. This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil: Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

Henry Van Dyke

If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized.

Romeo LeBlanc

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.

William Faulkner

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

Thomas Fuller

It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.

American Indian Proverb, Anishin

If you're lucky enough to be involved in a film that's about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years' time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile.

Eric Bana

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Laurence J. Peter

One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages.

Sigourney Weaver

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

Stefan Zweig