Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

Where there is no heart there is no art.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.

It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.

If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

Information is the hardest currency.

In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.

We want to make sure that Social Security is fixed for those people who have had that promise and there's something in the future for our younger workers. And we're not about to do a welfare program.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.

Music is the soundtrack to my life.

Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.

I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.

He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

Crying was like pissing everything out on the ground.