"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."

"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."

"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered."

"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places."

"Liebe besteht nicht darin, dass man einander anschaut, sondern dass man gemeinsam in dieselbe Richtung blickt."

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

"In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better."

"The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half."

"Ограниченному обыкновенному человеку нет, например, ничего легче, как вообразить себя человеком необыкновенным и оригинальным и усладиться тем без всяких колебаний."

"Лишь усвоив в возможном совершенстве первоначальный материал, то есть родной язык, мы в состоянии будем в возможном же совершенстве усвоить и язык иностранный, но не прежде."

"Деньги - это чеканная свобода."

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

"Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just... do things. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. You know, they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are."