My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

You might say that you've finally earned the wisdom.Actually, it's the wisdom that has found and formed you.

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

It is not enough to acquire knowledge. Common-sense is paramount. Sadly, it is not in every knowledgeable person’s shed.

I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If awoman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.

I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

I come from Des Moines. Someone had to.

I'm Davey. I sing, make faces and swing from trees.

I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano.

Now it really is, believe it or not, 90% of the films are green lit, not by the studio heads, but by the marketing department.

I was very politicized always. I was very conservative politically, because I'd seen what the communists did to my country.