The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Michelle, I think it's time you came back to New York with me.

I've been obsessed with The Beatles since I was two.

Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze.

I have been doing choreography my whole life, and it's so important to make that marriage between music and the body.

All we ever wanna do is inspire somebody to be who they wanna be and to give them a little bit of hope.

The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times.

I taught high school English for 24 years. I always teach my students to appreciate the beauty of language and to write poetically.

Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.

Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it, and try to be content with that.

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most.