I think you could probably thaw out a glacier, honey." -Hardy Cates

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones

Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

May my soul radiate light and love.

When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile.

This wasn't a garden,' said Susan presently. 'It was a castle.

I think silence is the condition you accept as the judgment on your crimes.

Don't be afraid to experiement with your life and with your heart, your meditation and your being. Just love.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

We don't think there are cases where people were evicted out of homes when they shouldn't have been.

You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.

Most of us miss our best opportunities in life because they come to us disguised as work.

To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.