We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

Patience is the analogue of God's serenity.

Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

Love is a boomerang that returns to the thrower's hand.

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way.

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

When you start learning how to give when you're young, when you get older it is second nature. Just like stealing. Start young and you keep on stealing forever. Ask my politicians.

I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's a character that I haven't necessarily played before.

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

People who say that small things don't bother them have never slept in a room with a mosquito.

Good women are rare too, none of them have come close

I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition.

Hmm... well that would be good, but if you plan on adding that, better include the lanczos option (for good quality).

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.

If you don't know what it is you want - and I mean specifically - then you won't even know when you have it.

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.