"As anger is a passion, it is to be ruled; as it is a weak passion, he is weak who rules it not."

“This is the real tragedy of America's 'Internet freedom agenda': It's going to be the dissidents in China and Iran who will pay for the hypocrisy that drove it from the very beginning.”

“Mom-and-pop businesses have the same issues as the Fortune 500. The difference is that big companies spend millions on consultants to fix them.”

“The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.”

“I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything.”

“The image you see of me out in public is really different from who I am in real life.”

“There are plenty of characters of color in fantasy and science fiction. But when you ask the question, "How many of them on-screen have rich, thought-out backgrounds and family elements to draw on?," you quickly find out that the answer is not very many.”

“It sometimes happens that pleasure blows anywhere it damn well chooses.”

“All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. The man strongly possessed of an idea is the master of all who are uncertain or wavering. Clear, deep, living convictions rule the world.”

Source : James Freeman Clarke (1875). “Common-sense in Religion: A Series of Essays”, p.339