Is there life before death?
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
Maybe they were terrorists!
I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.