The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to work in the theatre where there is some intelligence involved in it.

Jeffrey Jones

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

Gaston Bachelard

A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets.

Martin Feldstein

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

Jacqueline Bisset

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.

Allan Bloom

Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world.

Patrick J. Kennedy

You should never ask actors about politics.

Liev Schreiber

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.

George Santayana

The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.

Christina Ricci

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Percy Bysshe Shelley

I think because my life is so insane and it's constantly going at 120 miles per hour, my favorite thing to do is sit at home in front of the TV and check out.

Sean Hayes

Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out - life seems scarce. But when we believe that giving is the way to live, we will produce more in the future - life seems abundant.

John C. Maxwell