Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

The least degree of ambiguity which leaves the mind in suspense as to the meaning ought to be avoided with the greatest care.

Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order

Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity makes us desire the esteem of others.

Friends from the press, China needs to learn more about the world, and the world also needs to learn more about China. I hope you will continue to make more efforts and contributions to deepening the mutual understanding between China and the countries of the world.

When you need to innovate, you need collaboration.

Many professors are Marxists or other varieties of radicals who hate America.

My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls.

Many futurists use a checklist approach to make sure they're covering a sufficiently wide set of topics in terms of both research and brainstorming during a foresight exercise.

My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to switch from one to the other.

All experiences come and go. What witnesses experiencing itself?

I'm a spokesman for myself. It just so happens that there's a bunch of people that are concerned with what I have to say. I find that frightening at times because I'm just as confused as most people. I don't have the answers for anything.

I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking.

I think the actresses who are really successful are the ones who are comfortable in their own skins and still look human.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Accolades are there to congratulate you but also to make you understand that it's not over. You now have to continue trying to improve the craft and keep going. It's not something to rest on.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Iowans do understand the importance of breaking down barriers and increasing international trade.

I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'

I love to work with performers that are very different to me.

Masonry is an art useful and extensive which comprehends within its circle every branch of useful knowledge and learning and stamps an indelible mark of preeminence on its genuine professors which neither chance power nor fortune can bestow.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat to wear. While my father went off to the white house to break bread with the President, my mother, who's not a things and stuff person, stayed at the hotel and tried on 10 different hats and missed dinner.

I am a nutritionist's nightmare.

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.