I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

A clown on a throne is still a clown. A king in rags is still a king.

An old fashioned outfit is not a costume, it's a comedy.

It is through your experience you find out who you really are and who you are is from finding your own experience who really defines you.

I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and wrong.

We convince by our presence.

I saw satan laughing with delight The day the music died.

I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.

If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.

Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief.

I am so proud of Amelia Boynton. I can burst with pride.