I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues.

There is really nothing you gain from being a pauper rather you loose every thing.

An idea weighs nothing, except on the mind.

Books, an addiction for the soul...

I think video is the best market. When the cassette market comes out, if you just do movies that nobody else can do, that'll be the new way.

You carry your past with you even if you don't remember any of it.

The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.

I've been singing since I was nine or ten.

Well, within a phrase. And with a series of phrases, you can certainly create the effect of diminuendo and crescendo, no question.

I really believe life is simple. It's all the other people that make things complicated.

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.