"After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself."

“A man doesn't need to be flawless to be a perfect father, but the commitment to his family is a precious responsibility.”

“Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces? I suppose it is, but I think it would entail doing the same things over and over again without taking chances, without taking risks or exploring our limits, without finding out what we can and can't do.”

Source : Alan Arkin (2011). “An Improvised Life: A Memoir”, p.30, Da Capo Press

“In Paradise there are things which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has thought of.”

“If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.”

“The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile.”

“I have always stayed out of politics, I don't believe it would be appropriate to talk about it.”

“I think for me, what I'm doing on set is I'm watching things happen as an audience member and trying to just look at, what's the image we're photographing, how will that advance the story and what will the next image be.”

“Like all religions, love has more believers than practitioners.”

Source : Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.111, New Victoria Publishers