Quotes

“I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.” Anatole France

“Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.” Anatole France

“We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.” Anatole France

“History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.” Anatole France

“The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.” Anatole France

“It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.” Anatole France

“Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.” Anatole France

“Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.” Anatole France

“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.” Anatole France

“The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” Anatole France

“No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.” Anatole France

“Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.” Anatole France

“In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.” Woody Harrelson

“Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because you can't really separate the impact of that political message from it. It's rare that you get films like that I think; that really have an important message and are also entertaining.” Woody Harrelson

“To the men in Washington, the world is just a giant Monopoly board.” Woody Harrelson

“When I'm in New York, I bike everywhere. I have a couple of bikes stored over at Ed Norton's. It's the only way to go. But in Hawaii, I drive. I have a little Volkswagen Bug, from the 'Drive it? Hug it?' phase. I run it on biodiesel.” Woody Harrelson

“The war against terrorism is terrorism.” Woody Harrelson

“Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'” Woody Harrelson

“My main hope for myself is to be where I am.” Woody Harrelson

“A grownup is a child with layers on.” Woody Harrelson

“I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.” Woody Harrelson

“Economically, many folks don't feel they can afford organic. While this may be true in some cases, I think more often than not it's a question of priority. I feel it's one of the most important areas of concern ecologically, because the petrochemical giants - DuPont, Monsanto - make huge money by poisoning us.” Woody Harrelson

“If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there.” Woody Harrelson

“The giant industries that are polluting our planet as well as violating human rights worldwide are the ones nearest and dearest to the hearts of American politicians.” Woody Harrelson

“I used to have Bible studies at my house. I was in the choir. I was mischievous but also a real mama's boy. It was a pretty happy childhood.” Woody Harrelson

“It's an odd beast, fame. It's got multiple personalities.” Woody Harrelson

“Two boxes of Step Forward Paper saves one tree - that's a real stat.” Woody Harrelson

“I think my best skill in this whole deal is as a conduit to try to bring people together, because I think it's in our unity that we'll have the greatest strength.” Woody Harrelson

“But I just felt at one point that I was on a hamster wheel, you know? Just doing movie after movie and thinking so much about career related things and I think missing out on hanging with my friends and family as much I needed to.” Woody Harrelson

“I had a hard time with that hockey. I hadn't grown up skating, so that was my biggest challenge. We worked on it and worked on it. But then when we first shot it, it was so hard for me.” Woody Harrelson