“The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se no...” — Samuel Morse Quote

“The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.”

“My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.”

“If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.”

“On a film set, everything's done for you. You get to a stage where you can't even remember the last time you made yourself a sandwich. The crazy thing is that, as actors, we're trying to portray the human condition, but we're often not living in reality.”

“I think it's the human condition to be frequently embarrassed by your parents.”

“The truth, of course, is that the only necessary and sufficient condition for human beings to murder one another is the simple fact of being human.”