Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.

Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.

Three sparks - pride, envy, and avarice - have been kindled in all hearts.

The workload is so heavy you forget about thinking, it just kind of happens.

The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.

Occasionally, I'll dream I'm in the factory. That will help me write. Not creatively, but more like a prod. I don't want to go back there.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to.

Don't compare yourself to anyone. Be happy to be the wonder unique, very special person that you are.