I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Today is a new day.You will get out of it just what you put into it.

The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkie instead of the other way around.

Those who never make mistakes lose a great many chances to learn something

"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die...

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

Salvation is free, but there is a price to pay in following Jesus. It is never said in Scripture that we can have “Christ and . . .”.It is always “Christ or . . .”. What is your “or”?

Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.

I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.

There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?

In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.

I guess good things come to those who wait.

A battle that you win cancels all your mistakes.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

I found that there were these incredibly great people at doing certain things, and you couldn't replace one of these people with fifty average people.