don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

If we seek solitary retreat, you will be more often refreshed.

People pleasing doesn't allow you to receive.

Immense self-made wealth is the evidence of a grandly rich mind

I knew Mac pretty well. I'd used them when I was younger.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

Never give up because, if an opportunity arises, you have to be ready to take it.

My assistants generally do all the flowers and all of the decorative work. I concentrate on the figure.

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.

Having the audience know more than the characters is precisely where you want to be in terms of drama. You can engage them much more when that is the case.

Make music a service that's easy to consume, and there'll be plenty of money for everyone.