A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave its inner mental processes alone.

I sat down and knitted for some time - my usual resource under discouraging circumstances.

A wedge of sunlight slipped over the edge of the desk and fell noiselessly to the carpet.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

I didn't originally want to be an actor. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.

America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.