Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history. l 

You know, in the film making business no one ever gave you anything.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

There is no substitute for hard work.

If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

When you meet intellectuals wanting in common sense, your frustration knows no bounds.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.