Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh ... to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

Ric Flair was so big I heard about him. I've read his autobiography and all that. He's huge.

There are crimes which the Law cannot reach.

I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense.

In America it is the so-called capitalist who is to blame for the fulfillment of Marx's prophecies. Beguiled by the state's siren song of special privilege, the capitalists have abandoned capitalism.

Life is sweetest when it could go away tomorrow.

My mantra is, 'This or something better.'

To be spiritually dead is to be diabolically alive

Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.

No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.