"All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling."

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

"When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."

"Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason."

"The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about religion is that the very absence of that certainty is what requires - and gives rise to - deep feelings of faith."

"It is a humble truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort."

"Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled."