Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

Creativity is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Creativity encircles the world.” I am enough of a painter to draw freely upon my creativity.

Decide. What you want? Life full of years or Years full of life. NOW.

I may not be perfect, but I am worthy.

In the absence of uplifting words, Silence is the best choice.

So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different

It [the film industry] is not a glamorous industry. It's really, really hard, and you get told all the time, "You're not this, you're not that," and so you have to find a center.

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what we're programmed to love.

I have a great body. I really do.

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do, the more poverty we will create.

Our vision is only actionable if we share it. Without sharing, it’s just a figment of our imagination.