Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

To some people, I may seem calm. But if you could peer beneath the surface, you would see that I'm like a duck--paddling, paddling, paddling.

When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California.

Choosing love or war: both are brave choices, in their own ways.

I think people are starting to look away and questioning, and they're sort of horrified.

My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.

IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.

You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.

There's a genetic memory that stays on your bones. What you experience when you're young, I think it stays with you.

In Hollywood, as I've often said, if you don't sing or dance, you end up as an after-dinner speaker.

If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.