I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day.

We are now parents. The love for our offspring has opened up fresh fountains of love for each other. Edwin Stanton to his wife.

Sometimes, time takes you the direction it wants you to travel. -Finn Foster

All my children inherited perfect pitch.

Don't accumulate if you do not need. The excess of wealth in your hands is for the society, and you are the trustee for the same.

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

This round of green, this orb of flame, Fantastic beauty; such as lurks In some wild poet, when he works Without a conscience or an aim.

A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.

preety girls behave best when you ignore them

I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.