I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.