For a Russian to be chivalrous with an American is a spiritual impossibility, a conradiction in terms.

The hopes and fears of all our years are here with us tonight.

His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand—passive resistance and open displays of contempt.

Human beings are about 1,000 times dumber and meaner than they think they are.

You know what truth is? [...] It's some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends with him, I ask him what he believes. He tells me, and I say, "Yeah, yeah - ain't it the truth?

Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.

What good is a planet called Earth, after all, if you own no land?