She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.

If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.

had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules, Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.

Candide, who trembled like a philosopher, hid himself as well as he could during this heroic butchery.

If they're from the village, you take them to the inn. If they're from the city, you treat them with respect when they are beautiful and throw them on the highway when they are dead.

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad, " replied Martin.

You are very harsh.''I have seen the world.

The best way to overcome your weaknesses is to turn them into strengths.

Today's new age parenting guarantees you'll hear children screaming, whining, and begging for items and attention in an airplane, store or any other public place.

I sold my soul to the devil. I'd like to thank the devil.

Save a life this Thanksgiving, and join me in starting a new tradition by adopting a turkey instead of eating one through Farm Sanctuary's Adopt-A-Turkey Project.

I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing.

One of the lessons of 9/11 and (Hurricane) Katrina was 'communication, communication, communication, .. We don't want to have to say 'should have, could have, would have.'.

What's the point of living if you're going to hate the world? Guard your heart if you have to, but don't shut it away.

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.

Love is a negative form of hatred.

Sometimes I think life's only mission is to bring us to our knees...the perfect position to seek God.