Ugliness is a point of view; an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.

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.

If you are willing to be a self-learner, you will develop yourself.

The fortune that you feel you don't deserve is heaven's compensation for the misfortunes she feels you didn't deserve

In this case, two wrongs made a major right.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

"Sassenach." He had called me that from the first; the Gaelic word for outlander, a stranger. An Englishman. First in jest, then in affection.

Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

Go out and make your own speeches. People need you. Go on TV. It can be done. After you speak up a few times, people say, "Hey, we got a crazy man in the community," and they'll begin talking to you.