In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there.
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
I heard them shouting through the muffling canvas of the bag, and then I was being impersonally hauled to my feet by my wrists, my arms wrenched up behind my back, my shoulders screaming.
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.