The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast
I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.
Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.
They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.
If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!
Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
Your personal nature seeks its paradise.
The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.
I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.
Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.
It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.
