The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.

It looks like frozen snot.

I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V. It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of.

He is rich who hath enough to be charitable.

I enjoy the sun and the beauty of summer as long as I can. Who knows whether one of these days I shall not be prevented from doing it?

Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.

Too many of us are lonely ministers practicing a lonely ministry.

Be less than what you are so that you can become more.

You never can expect what people's reactions are going to be. You can only hope that everyone feels the way that you do.

Directing is exhausting, but not for the actual directing part, when you say "Action!" and give creative notes. As a director, the exhausting part is that you are a professional answer-machine.

How many times we have picked up in the streets human beings who had been living like animals and were longing to die like angels!

I am repelled by those who voice the word 'nature', without having any trace of it in their hearts.