Nothing can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundation.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Gratitude is the vitamin of the soul.

Light inside of us can overcome, withstand or overshadow any darkness outside of us

As soon as you become a parent, everyone gives you their parenting advice. It's like an onslaught of information about how other people do it.

How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?

Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that

The American Dream is the largely unacknowledged screen in front of which all American writing plays itself out.

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.

This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Creativity is harnessing universality and making it flow through your eyes.

With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.