We are formed by what we desire

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

For her and Nurul merely to share a meal cooked in their own kitchen was a triumph

My creed is this: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to help make others so.

When men don't fear God, they give themselves to evil.

Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror... so today I vetoed it.

When a man gets power, even his chickens and dogs rise to heaven.

It's just a crime that people don't take the time and make the effort to have a conversation if it's bothering them that much.

It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.

A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!