The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

Patience is the analogue of God's serenity.

Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

Love is a boomerang that returns to the thrower's hand.

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way.

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

The process of mind is mechanical, and the data of the thoughts and imagination can be changed, by changing the experiences and impressions of life.

A memorable heart is the easiest way to immortality.

First rate magician perform first rate magic effects, second rate magician performs third rate magic effects.

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

I think I've tried to stay true to my music since the beginning. It's kind of hard because of the access and technology but I just do what I do.

If we restructure things to see that the hero's journey is a degree in astrophysics rather than a journey to star in a reality show, that's a better world.

The thing about Hitchcock is that, however much one dissects him, he still manages to hang onto his mystery. You can never quite get to the bottom of him.

My family are amazing. I had like, the perfect upbringing. It sucks for people like Lindsey [Lohan], but it's not her fault she's so off the rails.

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

The hypothesis of the supernatural and/or a supreme being is vague, unfounded, and inapplicable in any practical fashion