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A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things like a double cheeseburger.

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.

Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

I don't even like showing my stuff to publishers and editors much.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.

If you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

There is no gambling like politics.