"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's."

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"The true measure of a man is the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be."

"I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!"

"Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."

"The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was 'Beauty and the Beast.' I was playing Gaston. Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it's very physical. I had headaches every day for two months."