quotes about Life Is Beautiful

“Leaps of innovation require a bravery that borders on absurdity.”

“On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.”

“It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one sees why this writer could not possibly like that one, would indeed consider him a menace. Literature is a battleground of conflicting faiths, and nobler passions than envy are involved.”

“The iPod is genius. I have 300.”

“The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.”

“Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.”

Source : "Making ‘A Better Holiday’" by Monica Raymund, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2011.

“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.”

“The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.”

Source : "Voice of the Maghreb". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2006.

“I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.”

“If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.”

Source : "Song: 'Getting to Know You'". "The King and I". Musical by Oscar Hammerstein II, 1956.