I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Some people are so much heaven to the square inch that life is simply hell, when she leaves you in order to go south for the winter. (Yes, women are people too, sometimes even threee.)

Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time.

Ideas won't keep: something must be done about them.

Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie.

The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.

Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!

I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.

Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch.

If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.