The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that?

We don't care if these girls want to eat their men. That's the Piranha Man's problem. We just want the avocados.

To be a successful state, we must nurture successful children.

I didn't come to stay. I came to make a difference.

You can solve all the world's problems in a garden.

The old he-coon walks just before the light of day.

No matter how brilliant a man may be, he will never engender confidence in his subordinates and associates if he lacks simple honesty and moral courage.

We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.

All of the worlds problems can be solved in the garden

Rumi says, 'Meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.' With awareness, know which emotions are in the house, and why they’re there, and never forget who you are when the guests leave.

The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity

Abandon hope.

The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.

Close-Up has affected later films that I've made.

I want my mother to think - she's a tough fashion critic.

Although the financial crisis, you know, receded a while ago, we kind of never picked up on it.

I became a set designer for opera.

Your words are containers for power, and by the words you speak you frame your world!

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

Those Grimm brothers," she said with a sigh, "they'll never amount to anything." And she was right because all they ever became was writers.