For five years Isaac had been working eighteen hours a day.

When you want to change the world, have you changed yourself lately?

To quench my longing I bent me low By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow In that magical wood in the land of sleep.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

Repeat after me. I promise not to run outside of the house. I promise not to run inside of the house. I promise not to touch, pick up, step on, anything that looks interesting.

Reflect upon your present blessings

We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.

Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work

I thought last week's game was ugly and this was even uglier.

I used to have a big crush on Andie MacDowell.

From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it.