No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title.

Escape is very difficult to negotiate, underwater.

One of the things that drives me is the excitement that I could fail. What better buzz can you get?

Anybody who says I can't do something, it just motivates me more than you could believe.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd have been a basket case if I hadn't been a singer.

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call To storm or fire the world must fall An oath to keep with a final breath and foes bear arms to the doors of death

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less.