"Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied."

“You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.”

“It's not fair to use movies that weren't creatively successful as a reason why something won't work.”

Source : "Collider Watches 15 Minutes of DESPICABLE ME (Video Blog Recap) Plus Interview With Producer Chris Meledandri". Group interview, collider.com. February 10, 2010.

“William Howard Taft, who he embarrassed in these congressional hearings, attacks him as an emotionalist and a socialist and a cosmopolitan in terms that kind of have an anti-Semitic overtone. And even the pro-Brandeis press supported him in terms that really seem creepy today. There's this piece from Life magazine. It says, "Mr. Brandeis is a Jew. And until now there's never been a Jew on the Supreme Court. Perhaps it's time we have one."”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.

“Getting over what you did to me is not why I get out of bed anymore.”

“I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm.”

“I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big.”

“There's such a feeling of satisfaction when something you imagined turned into something real.”