Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness.

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.

The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.

The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.

There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is needful to keep body and soul together.

To say that only those businesses affected with a public interest may be regulated is but another way of stating that all those businesses which may be regulated are affected with a public interest.

Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.

It's nice to think people might be talking about it after they've seen it. With some comedies it's a bit 'wham bam thank you ma'am', and then you just go for a pizza.

I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.

Through the years as the fire starts to mellow, burning lines in the book of our lives. Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow, I'll be in love with you.

It is impossible for a hatless woman to be chic.

It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway.

If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction.

If I didn't have that, fear and projections over what was coming next could have taken over. But it was tough. Don't think I was an angel. It was hell.

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.

Never give up on something you really want. However impossible things seem, there's always a way.