Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

Music is healing and soothing. It is the universal language of kindness and love.

Ladies: Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause.

I've been nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, but I've never won one and I probably never will.

Art is difficult, transient is her reward.

I want to bring something different to every film. I get a bit tired of actors who kind of are the same character in every film that they do.

I think my work has become more interesting, well to me anyway.

Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it.

Being from Baltimore, I'm a crab cake snob, and I'm very particular on where I eat my crab cakes.

Out of everything - out of the money and the gift bags - the most important thing to me is just my mother and father being happy.

A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.