Don't you drink? I notice you speak slightingly of the bottle. I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

It seems to me that our lives are consumed by countless wasting years, but only a few shining moments. I missed mine. Yes is what I should have said. Of course I should have said yes.

You don't know someone until you've seen their darkness.

Follow me down, Alice Faye Dahl. I know the way.

There has no doubt to be fundamental research in science, but applied research is equally important for new improvements and changes in our techniques.

Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world

I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think.

Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

I supported Bob Schaffer's three races for Congress. But we all had concerns about whether he could win statewide. Then my wife suggested that I get it.

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing.

A person shows himself for an instant as in a photograph but clearer and in the background something which is bigger than his shadow.