"The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory."

"No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool."

"When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters."

"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen."

"Securityis mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.… Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.… Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

"The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future."

"Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to be both political and partisan in nature."

"I'm so not stylish by nature, but I've learned to work with what I have."