Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

We are living the American Dream, which is, of course, to benefit from someone else’s misfortune.

When leaders lack expertise, nothing else works

The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.

Mostly, I'm drawn to great characters and great worlds that use weird things for their language - whether it's dance, whether it's pop music with Justin Bieber, or whether it's magic.

When you're a teenager, you don't want to bring your emotions to the surface and talk about them. You want to push them away.

There's only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.

We are supposed to share the gospel. So, I believe it can actually be a sinful thing to not do it.

Secrets. I can't take then with me. If I do, when I go, when I arrive at my final destination, I'll be . . . impure.

Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, because whoever is silent dissents.