If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.

It has nothing to do with who I am as compared to everyone else. It has everything to do with who I am in companionship with God.

I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.

I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I'm living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says he will not seek re-election. Harry said he wants to spend more time with his family. As I always say, check with your family.

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.

Half of me knows too much to be carefree. But the other half knows enough to be grateful.