One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Slap-stick comedy is really funny, unless you're the one getting slapped with the stick.

I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.

It is an embarrassment that the United States, the wealthiest nation, has people that go hungry.

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

I know we play a part in the story of progressive music, but for us those influences are the real fathers, the ones that we were interested in.

We have a heard of gold, and that's what this medal is right here. It's a team that will never give up.

It's not about 'NBC is evil.' It's about that media structure - CBS, ABC, CNN, even some of the smaller operations are now multinationals, with these extraordinarily diverse holdings.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

When the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.