There is no drunkenness equal to that of remembering whispered words in the night.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you’d be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There’s something way down deep that’s eternal about every human being. -stage manager, in the play OUR TOWN

There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.

I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.