It seemed to her as though everything that was good and true had been blasted out of the world. All those things had been crushed destroyed made to disappear.

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.

The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color - oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples.

She should have know that villains often come with pretty faces.

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.

So this was betrayal. It was like being left alone in the desert at dusk without water or warmth. It left your mouth dry and will broken. It sapped your tears and made you hollow.

You don’t need to marry a man with millions. You only need to be your exquisite self.

It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.

She was full of some strange energy that morning. Her every movement had purpose and life and she seemed to find satisfaction in every little thing.

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery.

I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have.

…once science had declared a thing possible, there was no escape from its eventual realization…

The highest law in nature is love yourself, and seek your own interests before anything else

Certainty generally is illusion and repose is not the destiny of man.

I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home.

Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words.

Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons.

Everybody's vying for people's attention in terms of eyeballs, earholes, and dollars.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

Box-office poison? Mr. Louis B. Mayer always asserted that the studio had built Stage 22, Stage 24 and the Irving Thalberg Building, brick by brick, from the income on my pictures.

Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.