I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.

a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.

Teamwork makes the dream work

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.

The true destiny of America is religious, not political: it is spiritual, not physical.

There are three stages to a man's life. 1. He laughs at Clark Griswold. 2. He sympathizes deeply with Clark Griswold. 3. He laughs at Clark Griswold.

I don't enjoy sitting with make-up all the time and that is why I have decided to go for the natural look. Not only me, I think given a choice, everybody would prefer such a look on screen.

I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission.

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.