The film industry is a great industry, with infinite possibilities for good and bad. Its primary purpose is to entertain people. On the side, it can do many other things. It can popularize certain ideals, it can make education palatable. But in the long run, the judge who decides whether what it does is good or bad is the man or woman who attends the movies.

I do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free.

Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.

The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.

It is today that we create the world of the future.