Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.

Delay in justice is injustice.

I know that I am not owed the right to make movies. I know God has given me this privileged position, and I have to work dog-hard as an actor to make the films the best they can be.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure.

Me as an artist, I'm more notorious for writing songs that celebrate women, songs that are all about the positive element of the immensely confusing creature that is woman.