But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

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

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.