Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Some people might enjoy drain water if they were told it was vodka.

The Sound of Music was just such an honour to be in, because it was a movie that appeals to so many people, and they just loved it so much and they still love it to this day.

I sometimes think of Las Vegas as the Jerusalem of chance. A holy city.

No one is guaranteed a job in this.

There is something very attractive about blonds, especially for brunettes. Its been said that blonds are loved and brunettes do the loving.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.

Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.

When you're growing up in a family without a lot of money and four boys, it can't always be, 'Let's go see a specialist, see if you're okay.' If you got hurt, you just walked it off.

Music means harmony, harmony means love. Love means God.

On the left hand path we take the direct route, which is much more strenuous, much more dangerous, and much more likely to cause you to fall.