I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.

The Reformer is always right about what's wrong. However, he's often wrong about what is right.

A woman without a man -- a condition of 'manlessness' -- is defined as alone. But a single mother is less alone than the average housewife.

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.

Rejection is the natural course of things.

There are complete men and incomplete men. If you would be a complete man, put all of your soul's strength into all of your life's actions.

As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.

Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself. Until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself.

I have high hopes of smashing my name into history so violently that it will take a legendary form even if all books are destroyed.

If I were Opportunity, I wouldn't just knock, you'd have to sign.