The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.

I understand a fury in your wordsBut not your words.

There's a girl in this dress, there's always a girl in distress.

We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves.

My mom was a cheerleader and had me as a teenager. I remember her giving me some pom-poms and teaching me how to do some splits when I was 3 or 4.

It is not wise to meddle with D'Angelines in matters of love.

More lives are influenced by emulation than exhortation.

Hurricanes have killed more people worldwide in the last 50 years than any other natural cataclysm.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

I have worked with some very great directors.