Well why don't you lean over this counter a little more and give me your best kiss, and then I'll tell you if I want you to take me out to dinner.

In some mystical way, Lenny seemed to ennoble work more than anyone I had ever met"Also in "Stories and Scripts:an Anthology

Oh no. I'm not gonna let you leave yet. I'm gonna show you the value of takin' your time to get to work. I probably should have done this a long time ago.

Aren't 3, 000 lives worth a miracle to a good and all-powerful god?

I want to feel like I'm making a difference in this world. And I want some time for living rather than just working. Life is for living, isn't it? It can't be all just for working

Courage doesn't always roar, sometimes it's the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering 'I will try again tomorrow

Children do not need half a dozen sports, music, art, or theater activities. Kids actually need more free playtime without adult instruction.

Brave is not saying I have no fear. It’s being terrified and still moving forward.

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

In order to be able to fulfill our role in the world, America must be strong. America must lead. And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home.

One can be well-bred and write bad poetry

Choose to give your creative art priority over other things. You can do it.

The data show we can do something about upward mobility. Every extra year of childhood spent in a better neighborhood seems to matter.

Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking.

Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and geologists, he seemed to taunt, and you’ll find them.