To confess that you are totally Ignorant about the horse, is social suicide: you will be despised by everybody, especially the horse.

It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.

For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.

History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.

The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the other to leave in the cab coming back.

"I want to be a lawn." Greta Garbo.

I was trapped in an awful spiral of insecure narcissism

But when I close my eyes, I'm more like THIS under the surface: I'm laughing and scheming and dreaming.

Men's evil manners live in brass

If the worst thing a physicist could say about a statement is that it was “false, ” the best thing he could say is that it was “interesting.

Boredom is usually what spurs either bad decisions or any decision at all.

Imagination is the most powerful tool you have. You learn it from all the greats. The Star Wars films are secretive. Anything J.J. Abrams does is secretive. Those guys haven't done too poorly.

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.

When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'

Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.