Somehow, the more I get older, and the more I see of people and sadness and illness and everything, the sorrier I get for everyone.

In my opinion, the state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top.

The popular view that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

After all, perhaps dirt isn't really so unhealthy as one is brought up to believe.

We do all these things when we are young. The poise, the savoir faire, it comes later.

I think Mrs. Leidner seems happier already from just talking about it. That's always a help, you know. It's bottling things up that makes them get on your nerves.

It seems odd that as far as I know nobody has yet been murdered for having too perfect a character! And yet perfection is undoubtedly an irritating thing!

Ladies tell their nurses things in a sudden burst of confidence, and then, afterwards, they feel uncomfortable about it and wish they hadn't! It's only human nature.

A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.

Just one smileImmensely increases the beauty Of the universe.

Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.

Whether it's a relationship or what you're wearing, or how much you weigh and what you said when you didn't mean it, like - it's hard to be totally under the microscope.

I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.

If a cook can't make soup between two and seven, she can't make it in a week.

My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.

...But the problem is, people tend to assign you the role of the person you are at your worst, you know?

What is the ultimate purpose of life? It's to give.

Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower of such a death.

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.