Life is in the living. Love is in the giving.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.

A small speckled visitor Wearing a crimson cape Brighter than a cherry Smaller than a grape A polka-dotted someone Walking on my wall A black-hooded lady In a scarlet shawl.

Adversity often activates a strength we did not know we had.

Love comes quietly... / but you know when it is there.

Friendship is like a rose. . . opening one petal at a time, only as it unfolds. . . day by day it reveals its true beauty.

The only educational aspect of television is that it puts the repair man's kids through college.

A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and lets you sit quietly beside it when you don't feel like speaking.

Love comes quietly... but you know when it is there because suddenly... you are not alone anymore... and there is no sadness in you.

Like all good teachers, the world repeats her lesson. Over and over ...with wordless variety... She spells the name of Love.

The best way to help yourself is to help someone else.

When sounds of the world around you vanish, what is left but screaming silence.

Do not tell me what I think you're going to or I swear to God, I'm going to fly to Brazil and go all black ops on this guy for cheating on you.

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.

Assured her I've never loved anyone except myself and have no intention of starting now.

I didn't want to play by what rules are in Hollywood.

If you do an original film and you want to cut a scene out you do it. But when you do a shot by shot remake you don't have that option and every scene has to work again.

When you've got everything you need, why complicate it?

The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

I just finished reading the Koran, and there's nothing in there I didn't hear in Sunday school.

Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever.