"The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England."

-- Bill Vaughan

#Israel Quotes #Athens Quotes #England Quotes

“I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.”

Source : "The Full Giamatti". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. November 14, 2007.
“A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he'd know he was making a thousand children laugh.”

Source : Bette Greene (1984). “Summer of my German soldier”, Starfire
“Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.”
“There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should find a passion or a cause that they can really get behind, but it has to be organic.”
“... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65]”
“There's less pressure to look good as you get older.”
“We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.”
“Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.”

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