We never wholly shed anything that we have ever been.

Children do not see themselves as shocking or surprising and do not want other people to do so.

Facts, I feel, should be ready to yield to manipulation. But unfortunately they're a stubborn lot.

Ah, gratitude, that's a terrible thing, a dangerous thing.

Most of us think we've had more trouble than we deserve.

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.

When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind are the asses that pull, Each tugs in a different way And the greatest of all is John Bull!

What does old look like? Sometimes I am wrinkled, sometimes not.

Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.

Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume