Memory, with its fugitive adjustments, is the merciful veil to the grim enactments of the first law. It hides the anguish in the human heart which is always craving for perpetuity.

Women are like those blinkin' little Greek islands, places to call at but not to stay.

The basic trouble is that people make statements without sufficient data.

If memory survived eternally, then indeed there might be justification for a belief in hell.

Tradition is a fine thing. Nothing comes out of the blue, except perhaps thunderbolts and they are not really very useful things.

It is always easier to be an epicure of a small repast than of a banquet.

One lives everything down in time.

Unless you are a Bernard Shaw you find a preface a most embarrassing business.

By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments.

He told her, You are a wise woman. Pleasure warmed her voice. I do have my moments, don't I?

The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

When you advertise fire extinguishers, open with the fire.

Tears do not burn except in solitude.

With you, I would walk anywhere

These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality, contempt, boredom.

The real reality is always just around the corner.

I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.

A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.