The best gift your true friends will ever give you is carry your casket with respect. So be good to those you consider exceptional.

God gave men a heart but he gave certain hearts to other men.

No struggle, no success. The stronger the thunder, the heavier the rainfall

They talked in the shorthand of old friends and shared memories.

There would be more happily married couples in the world if people spent more time planning for a married life than for a wedding?

Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end a large troop presence overseas.

It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.

Leo Durocher is a man with an infinite capacity for making a bad thing worse.

If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?

Passion is temporary. It doesn't last long. Love is enduring. And that's the important thing. If we all had love in our lives to the degree that we should, it would be much happier.

I think once you sort of cross over and you realize what books can be - and if they mean something to you - there's just no stopping you.

Happy children should not try to be artists. You have to be born with a broken heart and a sense of loneliness inside. I never had a happy moment as a child myself.