Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Awareness about lack of knowledge is the most useful knowledge.

I believe that the truth of any subject only comes when all sides of the story are put together.

We can't, it seems, live without [capitalism] even as we complain about it.

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.

I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did a stand-up comedy camp at the Laugh Factory, and I started out on Nickelodeon.

The truth is, you don't need the Lord to do anything for you. He's already done His part. You've already got it, whatever "it" is.

There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote.

Being a woman is just a marvelous plus in photographing. Men like to be photographed by women, it becomes flirtatious and fun, and women feel less as if they're expected to be in a relationship.

86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars won't be realized until their audiences are fully integrated.

The notion that the records of government are the property of the people is radically democratic, but it is broken in practice.