In America, applause is won only by physical exertion.

Those for whom things came easily usually made less of an effort, not more.

We who are residing in a foreign country, away from the immediate scene of action, perhaps can feel more deeply than those at home the evil effects of the present distracted condition of our country.

There was no opiate like a French pillow.

To be unable to read was the ultimate measure of wretchedness.

A veteran artist counsels a less experienced one to start a painting using colors in the middle range so that the painter can move to more extreme colors as the work progresses.

On a medical school professor noted for slowly, carefully interviewing the patient: "He taught the love of truth.

Talk helps shape one's thoughts.

A stranger is just a friend waiting to be let in.

Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

Those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul.

Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has given the supreme gift of the Name of the Lord.

Greece is the home of the gods; they may have died but their presence still makes itself felt. The gods were of human proportion: they were created out of the human spirit.

If you do something often enough, a ratio will appear

There's so much great TV and I always thought it would be such a fun little sideway to make money and then not have to worry about my films making a lot of money.

Cars are changing and so is the way we communicate about them.

Most women are introspective: "Am I in love? Am I emotionally and creatively fulfilled?" Most men are outrospective: "Did my team win? How's my car?"

I love editing, and I don't mind when things are edited and you can see the editing.