Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Strive to be a possibility thinker rather than an impossibility thinker.

Nothing links man to man like the frequent passage from hand to hand of a good book.

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable.

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is the deadly danger of winning.

It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.

This (George W. Bush's) administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations

"You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl. That's part of the job description, Mr. Maxfield."

You can never not feel like that, as a working artist these days. It's funny - time off makes me nervous, but so does time on. At least the pressure wasn't coming from outside.