"So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed by a caving in. If the word had not been spoken, it would not have happened."

“As an actor, I tend to enjoy going to the dark side.”

“I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.”

Source : "Chris Messina Doesn’t Play Favorites". Interview with Maggie Lange, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 20, 2012.

“Much is written about the Batman because he is publicly exposed in print. Very little is known personally about his creator, because I haven't given out that many interviews.”

“I wouldn't support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest.”

“One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.”

“Have you murdered anyone in the last day, week, month, year, decade? Probably not. Then don't worry about it. Give yourself a break. You're probably a really fine person.”

“Faith today is not enough for tomorrow. It must be constantly renewed by a conscious act.”

“As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure.”

Source : Speech to the Jersey City Chamber of Commerce (12 January 1938), as quoted in "The Last Three Miles : Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America's First Superhighway" by Steven Hart, (p. 137), 2007.