The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Sunlight is painting.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

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

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.