Well the sky always seemed like another ocean to me, you know? Like we live between two incredible oceans, and we'll never get to the bottom of either of them.

...awkward passion is so often so very much more admirable than mere achievement.

But if we do not dream, then I think perhaps we are misusing our heads. They are not on our shoulders only to be farms for hair.

How strange it is to be anything at all.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Unless we learn the lesson of self-appreciation and practice it, we shall spend our lives imitating other people and deprecating ourselves.

From education by the Church to education by Germanic value is a step of several generations.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears. [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem Rufe.]

You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can't get her to come and get them then they won't work.

If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

The artist is he who can take something ordinary and wring out of it attar of roses.