The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).

Hephaestus glowered up at us. “I didn’t make you, did I?”Uh, ” Annabeth said, “no, sir.”Good, ” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.

I'm not a master; I'm just a hard-working filmmaker. I would like everyone to see me as a friend rather than a master.

She could not trust herself to hope—but without hope, she realized, she had no reason to go on.

Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.

I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.

Left alone with our own heads on, we can be pretty mental.