"Courage mounteth with occasion...." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“And worse I may be yet: the worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.”

“Great floods have flown From simple sources.”

“I am misanthropos, and hate mankind, For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog, That I might love thee something.”

“Even if you have to go through hell - go without hesitation.”

“To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.”

“Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet.”

“What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.”

“Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company.”

“It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it, and I realized I hadn't read the play. So I read it. Then I realized that Troy (my character) was 53 - and I was 55 at the time. I realized I better hurry up! I might be too old!”