“What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.”

“No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable. ”

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

“The empirical fact is that self-actualizing people, our best experiencers, are also our most compassionate, our great improvers and reformers of society, our most effective fighters against injustice, inequality, slavery, cruelty, exploitation (and also are best fighters for excellence, effectiveness, competence). And it also becomes clearer and clearer that our best 'helpers' are the most fully human persons. What I may call the bodhisattvic path is an integration of self-improvement and social zeal, i.e., the best way to become a better 'helper' is to become a better person. But one necessary aspect of becoming a better person is via helping other people. So one must and can do both simultaneously.”

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

My best artist friend is definitely Jason Aldean. He and I really get along great and are really great friends. It's fun to tour with a buddy and somebody that I just enjoy hanging out with. If we weren't touring together, we'd be hunting in the off-season still and knocking around doing stuff, certainly.

The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely great.

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.

Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.

The greatest malfunction of spirit is to believe things.

"That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame."

"The great source of pleasure is variety"

"The two great movers of the human mind are the desire for good, and the fear of evil"

"To proceed from one truth to another, and connect distant propositions by regular consequences, is the great prerogative of man"

"His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises."

"It was better for me when I could imagine greatness in others, even if it wasn't always there."

"One derives great moral strength from a cup of coffee," I said."

"To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence."

"I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have."

"There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and fantastic lighting. I'm sorry to disappoint people, but I don't look like that all the time - no actress does."

"All of a sudden I had a baby, because it went really quick. It was like, 'Oh! I have a baby!' So, it's great. I'm just having a great time with my children. They're here in New York with me."

"I love 'The War Of The Roses,' especially as my husband is in it! I've often said to him it would be great to remake that with me and him in it, because then we could really get down to some serious business."

"Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."

"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."