Weeds grow sometimes very much like flowers, and you can't tell the difference between true and false merely by the shape.

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.

Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep.

When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.

There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience.

The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves.

I am ashes where once I was fire...

We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them. We can't live with guilt for the whole of our lives..

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.

My mentors are people like Cameron Crowe and Carrie Fisher.

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirts.

If the Bible is mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust it to tell us where we're going ?

The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.

It's a little-known linguistic curiosity that the name Jehovah or Jaweh is the same name as Eve; Havva, the counterpart name in Farsi, the language spoken by the Persians, means either Jaweh or Eve.

Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction.