She was on a real, grown-up adventure, no matter how badly it should turn out.

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.

To celebrate the Fourth of July meant something definite in those days.

No, " said Father. "Just do the best you can and don't let it worry you. In that way you'll have a clear conscience and a tranquil heart.

the joy of someone who had been a reader all her life, whose world had been immeasurably enlarged by the words of others.

I always wanted to make movies no matter what. It's true. No matter how I was getting to do it, that's what I wanted to do.

The Common Curriculum can easily become the karaoke curriculum, where everyone just follows the bouncing ball of the script.

I don't know if it's animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers up when women are around.

The religious foundations of America have been completely expurgated from our history textbooks.

The visible world is the invisible organization of energy.

Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety; it is the goal, not the starting point.

Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.

I know you can be fined for throwing a club, but I want to know if you can get fined for throwing a caddie?

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.