One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones.

When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I've ever come across has been for film.

I'm not a conservative or a free market advocate or a Republican because, you know, I want people to like me.

The people we get along with, trust, feel simpatico with, are the strongest links in our networks

I find myself every so often looking at my ground glass as though the unrecorded image might escape me!

I knew that I was smart enough to learn. I knew that I could learn, if I could just go to school and not hear gunshots.

Steve [Jobs'] brilliance is his ability to see something and then understand it and then figure out how to put it into the context of his design methodology - everything is design.

Life happens. Love happens. You gotta take some chances.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.