Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers?

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come.

Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.

Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.

I come more and more to the conclusion that one must take the side of the minority which is always the more intelligent one.

When Jim Carrey signed on to star in [The Cable Guy], and then they asked me to produce it, I made a very brief plea to direct - which was rejected really as quickly as anything can be.

The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life, and also a personal life, complete with noncompetitive leisure, has never really taken hold.

I don't know but maybe it's fair to say that some of the responsibility lies with the American people and not just on the leaders.

Realize that there are not hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.

She’s my mate; that makes her mine. Forgetting that will see your neck no longer serving its purpose.” “I love it when you talk dirty,” she purred. “Give my regards to Lindsay.