Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
I suppose it's true that most great television, literature, and other forms of high art (and basic cable) benefit from a little hindsight. 'M.A.S.H.' comes to mind. So does 'The Iliad.'
For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I've only got a tourist's knowledge of it. I thought that if I disobeyed that basic rule of writing - write about what you know - I'd write a thin and inauthentic book.
When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy.
Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it.
Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
What I miss the most is chatting with my friends and family and having a good laugh over a simple meal.
The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.
Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.
We have a government that borrows $4 billion a day. We have a government that owes trillions of dollars in debt, half of that to foreigners, most of that to Chinese investors. I don't - that is extreme. Not only is it extreme. It's insane and it's unsustainable.
All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just be something he said casually in conversation.
My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.
If you think something's funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty.
I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.
There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy.
There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.
Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.
Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
First feelings are always the most natural.
Studies demonstrate that as gaps are being closed between men and women - in access to education, in health, even in economic participation - the most difficult gap to close is in political participation. Somehow that sharing of raw power, political power, remains very illusive.
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
I know how domestic violence can affect a family, and I want to do everything I can to stop it from happening to others. The most important thing we can do is teach kids that they can break the cycle.
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.
I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us.
I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.
Most horror films fail to scare me. I think 'The Ring' plays more as a psychological thriller. It's smarter, there's more character development and some of the themes explored go a little deeper.
Many talk about a guest worker program. I think most reasonable people believe that a guest worker program in the farming industry, perhaps in the gardening and landscape industries, is reasonable.
Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.
And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one.
I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.
Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.
The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.
I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten.
