"Implements of war and subjugation are the last arguments to which kings resort."

“Conversely, the most powerful thing an actor can say is "no." If something is presented and it's a stereotypical role or something, you can say no to that, and that's very powerful.”

Source : "'Star Trek Beyond' stars on 'uncomfortable conversations,' Sulu's sexual orientation and the future". Interview with Marc Bernardin, www.latimes.com. July 21, 2016.

“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.”

“You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.”

“Power wears out those who don't have it”

Source : "Giulio Andreotti, former Italian prime minister, dies aged 94", www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2013.

“The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify. Statistical terms and statistical methods are necessary in reporting the mass data of social and economic trends, business conditions, 'opinion' polls, the census. But without writers who use the words with honesty and understanding and readers who know what they mean, the result can only be semantic nonsense.”

“To tell the truth I cannot call my childhood bad. In your childhood you can't compare things: one eats carrots, one eats candy, both taste good. As a child you cannot tell the difference.”

Source : "Inside the hidden world of Roman's empire". Interview with David Smith, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2006.

“Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.”

“You ain’t dead yet, so you ain’t done.”