A man long accustomed to admire his wife in general, seldom pauses to admire her in a particular gown or attitude, unless his attention is directed to her by the appreciative gaze of another man.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

A pretty face and a beautiful body blind a man more quickly than any poker through the eyes.

The healthy the strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul.

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in.

Women are really much nicer than men: No wonder we like them.

Let's be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell's degree in 19th century French poetry in 'Groundhog Day'.

A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

What's talked about is a dream, What's envisioned is exciting, What's planned become possible, What's scheduled is real.

Look for companies with high profit margins.

Misbehave more beautifully; more often.