It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

We ought to know the Creator.

I'm keen on making English language movies. English is still the global language and we can't change that.

I find drug use disrespectful, self destructive and weak. I want no part of it. I believe in complete respect for myself and others.

I think making any art requires a certain degree of high anxiety and total abandon.

The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure.

You took a bath without me?" I smiled to myself at the accusation in his voice.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.

Do you see O my brothers and sisters? It is not chaos or death, it is form, union, plan, it is eternal life, it is happiness.