Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality.

We accept the reality of the world in which we are presented.

Rain is Love, Love is Bliss, Bliss is Blessing.

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.

You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious.

I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!

If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind.