One of the vices of the virtue of decentralization is that people don't share ideas.

For a few political turncoats there is real excuse. One can hardly blame those whom one ministry have seen fit to throw overboard for having the strength to swim to the other side.

The poorest education that teaches self-control is better than the best that neglects it.

The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable.

conversation is now pretty well a lost art.

It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of conventional chatter.

A valuable qualification of a modern politician seems to be a capacity for concealing or explaining away the truth.

If all men and women were kept at some useful employment there would be less sorrow and wickedness in the world.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Writing is a series of verbal suggestions designed to provoke a psychological reaction and an aesthetic experience.

The dictionary feeds me daily, thesaurus always adds the gravy, big words I bite, so very tasty.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

God's grace, quite simply, is God's mercy and goodness toward us.

This morning, due to a massive storm, at least 150,000 people in San Francisco were left without power. Of course, people in San Francisco without power are usually called Republicans.

The true story is vicious and multiple and untrue after all. Why do you need it? Don’t ever ask for the true story.

I spent more time in a van then in my mom's womb.

Having plenty of time and all the museum's funds at my disposal, I put myself on a regime to buy one picture a day.

Dreams are life, real life, not simply reflections. Dreams are honest.

What's the ultimate price I'll pay if I don't stop this indulgence now? By asking questions like this, they'll associate pain to overeating, and their behavior will change immediately.