Spped Quotes

The attempt to combine wisdom and power

has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Suppose you were an idiot,

and suppose you were a member of Congress;

but I repeat myself.

I’m very proud of my net worth.

I don't understand why the press is so interested

in speculating about my appearance,

anyway.

What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Acting deals with very delicate emotions.

It is not putting up a mask.

Each time an actor acts he does not hide;

he exposes himself.

Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

Meritocracy ensures that the best people lead.

You're only a man,

so don't be so proud.

We do not yet possess ourselves,

and we know at the same time that we are much more.

It is hard to fail,

but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Learn from yesterday,

live for today,

hope for tomorrow.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Life’s a game,

but it’s not fair.

For me,

I am driven by two main philosophies:

know more today about the world than I knew yesterday,

and lessen the suffering of others.

I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing.

Most people never pick up the phone and call.

Most people never ask.

All that I am,

or hope to be,

I owe to my angel mother.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

There will one day spring from the brain of science

a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities,

so absolutely terrifying, that even man,

the fighter,

who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death,

will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language,

and next year’s words await another voice.