We don't need men with new ideas as much as we need men who will put energy behind the old ideas.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep.

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on 'Twas not given for thee alone Pass it on Let it travel down the years Let it wipe another's tears Til in Heaven the deed appears - Pass it on.

If I'm two pounds heavier, I'm fat. If I'm skinnier, I'm sick. It's ridiculous. And that's not coming from agents or designers.

Beyond the deepest tragedy there is laughter; even in the midst of tragedy there is always the possibility for laughter.

I've always been a person that, if I'm with a woman, she's in the picture.

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?

Someone left the cake out in the rain

When I got back from the war in 1946 people didn't want the Mr. Smith kind of movie any more, and I refused to make war pictures.

I just think that the media is just making things up. I don't really pay attention.

One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.