Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Olivia, " he sighed as he held her tight against him. "I like the way you leap."For once her laughter was free and easy. "And I like the way you catch me when I land.

The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.

Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration have created.

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as an actor. I made the right choice.

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.

Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children.

I really want my agent to make sure they write a part in the next Airbender movie for me. I'll be really upset if I don't get to be a waterbender or something.

They are fighting for the chair while I am fighting for your happiness.

The world is a sea in which we all must surely drown.