All of us, the great and the little have need of each other.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Because the new the stories we tell, the art we make, the rockets we build, will influence the future that shapes our present.

Your world will expand for every step you dare to take outside your comfort zone.

Illusion close to reality was your love, you certainly are quintessential with your licks and promises.

Success is frequently preceded by a chain of fails.

Painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting with the gift of speech

You learn to build your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.

If sitcoms were easy to write, there'd be a lot of good ones, and there aren't.

No matter what tricks you use or what decisions you make, go easy on yourself as someone who's on a never-ending quest for improvement.

Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.