The moods of love are like the wind, And none knows whence or why they rise.

To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.

A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.

One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.

It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

A woman is a foreign land.

The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.

Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.

I have had affairs that lasted decades and others that lasted for hours. I have loved princesses and peasants. And I suppose they loved me, each in their way.

False conversions are a wart on the face of Christian evangelism.

Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'

Law of Airlines: The shorter the time between flights, the greater the distance between gates.

Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

I'm self-conscious in photo shoots. I much prefer to do interviews and talk about the work.

The motive power is the cause of all life.

A photographic close-up is perhaps the purest form of portraiture, creating a confrontation between the viewer and the subject that daily interaction makes impossible, or at least impolite.

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand