When we turn life’s little pleasures into remedies for life’s troubles, we are setting up idols in our hearts, which actually push God aside.

Most men will not swim before they are able to.

When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.

Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.

Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained.

Living on the Gulf Coast, we often have to go through dangerous situations, whether you're a child, an adult or a senior citizen.

I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.

Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I have for myself.

The champagne was dead. So it goes.

Potatoes are to food what sensible shoes are to fashion.

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.