Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.

LOVE FILL the WORLD with WONDER.

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.

Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one.

America already is great, but we are great because we are good, and we will respect one another, and we will work with one another, and we will celebrate our diversity.

I wish we had a more open discourse. It's just a shame that with our 24-hour news media and the Internet, people have become so fragmented. They only want to support their own worldview.

As long as we're honest and not mean, it's all fair game no matter what you say.

I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him.

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.

I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period.