The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkie instead of the other way around.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Today is a new day.You will get out of it just what you put into it.

Those who never make mistakes lose a great many chances to learn something

"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die...

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.

If you ever need to confirm that a girl is worth coming back from Hell for, show her your monster arm and see what she says.

In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.

My very beloved and deceased third-grade teacher, Cliff Kehod, was the one that I really remember calling me Ike a lot. It just stuck. It is a dog's name, but I love dogs.

What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire?

Resist. Unlearn. Defy.

It is not permissible to lie merely to save one's face. But it is sometimes permissible to lie to save another person's face.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?