Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn.

You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

It's so much better to desire than to have.... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.

What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive; I feel that anything can happen.

Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary: I humbly pray to heaven above that I love the man I marry.

For a certain type of woman who risks losing her identity in a man, there are all those questions . . . until you get to the point and know that you really are living a love story.

It's so much better to desire than to have.

What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive I feel that anything can happen.

When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The more I fly, the more I'm convinced that the true wonder of modern aviation is the transformation of tasteless particles into something known as airplane food.

Great,” Simon said. “Maybe I’ll even make it back before my mother notices I’m gone. What’s the time difference between here and Manhattan?” “You have a mother?” Aline looked amazed.

I think I kind of want to get to a point of being as successful as possible in a way that's unique to me.

The only crush I have is on Chris Colfer. I’m madly in love with him… I just, like, I doodle in my prop notebooks, ‘I heart Chris Colfer’ over and over and over again.

Without an army for the people, there is nothing for the people.

One of the things I noticed about the '2 Broke Girls' pilot was that it looked like a new episode in a season and not a pilot, and that's an amazing sign.

We need to understand that every time an elementary teacher captures the imagination of a child through the arts or music of language this nation gets a little stronger.

At the beach, life is different. Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides, and follow the sun.