When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Today we charge George Zimmerman with murder in the second-degree.

I'm never nervous. Not in high school, not in college. That's just the way I am.

When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool.

The dandelion's pallid tube Astonishes the grass, And winter instantly becomes An infinite alas.

I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

I can never find the right bras.

I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears with my work. That's the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something.

The Age of Adaline was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production.

The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you've struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.

Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall!