I hold that a man has as much right to spell a word as it is pronounced as he has to pronounce it the way it ain't spelled.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

I turn away from the smell of death, pressing my lavender scented handkerchief as tight as I can against my nose.

The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces.

What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her.

Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.

What you have to get is a ocean of love within your heart and to seek that in others also.

A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians.

His left foot is fantastic. It's like Mozart. God gave Freddy the gift to play soccer. If he is prepared mentally and physically, nobody will stop him. (on Freddy Adu)

To me, more importantly, I want to make films that I believe in, that I find value in that I think folks will like.