Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish

I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.

Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.

The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.

I am a clown, just without the painted smile.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

How much do I owe you?

And the more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

What happens to you when you get older? Do you just forget everything from before you turned eighteen? Do you make yourself forget?

If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk.

I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.

Most great books have been about striving in some sense. In a sense, money is the great topic of the novel. You couldn't necessarily say that about poetry.

The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.

If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.

The art of living is simply the art of using energy in an intelligent and creative way.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it