You cannot hinder someone's free will, that's the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.

So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.

Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they're ratified into law.

You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by.

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.

For every failure, there's an alternativecourse of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

I know I have this kind of teaching element in me, but I don't want to become a 'teacher of theater' because that would formalize something that I'd much rather keep casual.

It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.

Happily ever after never happens in the second act.

Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees.

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Revolution, legality--counter-moves in the same game; forms of idleness at bottom identical.

Ann Taylor - great name, great real estate, shitty business. Gap -great name, great real estate, declining business. J.Crew - Hellooo? Great name, better fashion image than the Gap.

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

One of the keys to focus, and why I said cofounders that aren't friends really struggle, is that you can't be focused without good communication.

I didn't like seeing you with him" he says. "I don't think I'd like seeing you with any other guy....beside me.