Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality.

You did not come this far, just to come this far.

These people all woke up this morning and reminded themselves to be human beings. Not everyone knows how to do that. No vermin, my people. Real human beings.

Books aren't just booksthey're a completely different worldin the palm of your hands

Every Mistake Teach Us a Lesson

He'd saved her life and killed her trust. He'd thought it a fair trade, at the time.

Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die.

The sun machine is coming down, and we're gonna have a party.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

I always tend to think my goals are beautiful goals. That is what I want to score; beautiful goals, and create beautiful chances for my team-mates.

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.