A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

A half truth is usually less than half of that.

No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.

September tries its best to have us forget summer.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

Fiction is the best way I know how to think something through.

I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction filmmaking, you really feel like you're creating something.

I'm my own salesman. I can't let anybody do anything for me.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you're changing, emotionally as well as physically?

The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to the contrary that by now should sound familiar.

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

With my writing, because I live it, I have to be consumed by it, and that means you have to forget your other life, which is constantly pulling you from your work.

On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light.

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

It so happens that I'm pro choice.

To be able to greet the sun with the sounds from all of Nature is a great blessing and it helps us to remember Who is the real provider of all of our benefits.

I wrote 'Snowy' as a result of spending a week on a narrow boat with daily classes of children, helping them to write about canal life, the work of barges, the simple pleasure of watching the water creatures. There was no doubt that the star of their week was Snowy, the working barge horse who pulled us daily along the towpath.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

It’s the sense of superiority and certainty that exceeds the bounds of confidence and talent.

Track is such a great metaphor for life...You try to jump as from where you started as you can, you throw all the heavy stuff away from you, and when life's hurdles knock you down, you get right back up.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that there is a lot of Koran abuse and that it was very much a systematic design, not just an aberration.

My parents wanted me to go to law school.

There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.

I've never hidden my Christianity in Hollywood, and I've been handled respectfully because I handle the issue and other people respectfully.

Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old.

The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.

Hip Hop isnt just music it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks You cant just call Hip Hop a trend