I take this evanescence and lubricity of all objects, which lets them slip through our fingers then when we clutch hardest, to be the most unhandsome part of our condition.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Yes here's to the founding fathers—slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes...

Two of my three siblings are older, so I suppose I learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature.

How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street it does generate buzz.

Sometimes songs need extra time and space to really play themselves out, and some songs it's like, this is all you need, a straightforward thing.

We all wanted babies - but did any of us want children?

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart.

The only parts left of my original body are my elbows.

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.