The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.

Most of us are experts at solving other people's problems, but we generally solve them in terms of our own and the advice we give is seldom for other people but for ourselves.

Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.

leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.

If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.

A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.

It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely coincide.

children are not undeveloped versions of adult people: they are a different race of beings: they are children.

The sorrows we imagine are more profound and inconsolable than real life leaves us time for.

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.

The highest form of wisdom comes from deep observation, kind realization, and curious actualization.

We ought to walk with God and not for God.

Sanders was a friend of chickens.

Today, John Kerry announced a fool-proof plan to wipe out the $500B deficit. John Kerry has a plan, he's going to put it on his wife's Gold Card.

I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

When I was growing up I had three wishes. I wanted to be a Lindbergh-type hero, learn Chinese, and become a member of The Algonquin Round Table.

A good friend doesn't try to break up a fight. A good friend comes in with a flying kick.

Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan.

I don't generally do movies that get good reviews.