It seems odd that as far as I know nobody has yet been murdered for having too perfect a character! And yet perfection is undoubtedly an irritating thing!

In my opinion, the state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top.

The popular view that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

After all, perhaps dirt isn't really so unhealthy as one is brought up to believe.

Somehow, the more I get older, and the more I see of people and sadness and illness and everything, the sorrier I get for everyone.

We do all these things when we are young. The poise, the savoir faire, it comes later.

I think Mrs. Leidner seems happier already from just talking about it. That's always a help, you know. It's bottling things up that makes them get on your nerves.

Ladies tell their nurses things in a sudden burst of confidence, and then, afterwards, they feel uncomfortable about it and wish they hadn't! It's only human nature.

A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.

Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You” was constantly on my FM Walkman radio around that time. I think that made me cry because I associated it with absolutely no one.

Our light shall burn the pathway to the stars

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

In my darkness time, God splendour light shines my path.

Ugliness sees ugliness

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.

Al Qaeda has been placed on the run, but not destroyed.

Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what they're supposed to be feeling, when they're supposed to laugh.

The views of the multitude are neither bad nor good. [Lat., Neque mala, vel bona, quae vulgus putet.]

We do but learn to-day what our better advanced judgements will unteach us tomorrow.