The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

He, after all, had no standards of manliness, of virility, to complicate his pride.

Och, my potion is boiling. I need to say good night and keep an eye on the pot. Ye canna overboil newt's eyeballs.

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

perhaps all this modern ferment of what's known as 'social conscience' or 'civic responsibility' isn't a result of the sense of duty, but of the old, old craving for beauty.

Lost In Space fans are going to get organized, because we'll see them showing up in all the theatres.

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

The hard thing is getting people to come to the theater to see something, no matter if it's good or not.

A light heart is a magnet for all that you love

Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.