I always did hate for anyone to know what my plans or hopes or prospects were—for, if I kept people in ignorance in these matters, no one could be disappointed but myself, if they were not realized.

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.

Geniuses don't become geniuses until they find the right moron to compare themselves to.

Going to AA helped me to see that there were other people who had problems that had found a way to talk about them and find relief and humor through that.

Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.

I have never liked France or the French, and I have never stopped saying so. (15th February 1945)

I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.

You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles. Chalk and cheese aspects of people are very interesting to play.

Got my tank top top down, it probably ain't summer but I ride like that cause I'm hotter than the others.

This extraordinary group has absolutely captivated my imagination, knocked my socks off - what more can I say?

What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.