A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.

The intensity of your desire governs the power with which the force is directed.

A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.

Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success.

We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment.

To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? - By the picture in mind of the place you are headed for.

There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion.

I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.

Cycling is an activity which more and more young people are getting involved with whether they are using their bikes to get to school or work socially or cycling as a sport. Cycling is cheap its quick and it makes you look and feel great

Genius is never understood in its own time.

I read a book a week, man. And I don't have a great memory, but I have a good memory about what I read.

It was my great problem to solve: how to write a book, you know. And after you write one, you have to write another to prove to yourself you can do it again.

The best part is it's a dream come true. I've always wanted to be a working actor, and the good part of it... it's all good! I work long hours, but it's amazing. They pay me. That's amazing! I get to kiss Keri Russell, and that ain't too bad.

I exaggerate when I'm angry, but I've never gone around telling people things that aren't true about me.

I lived in a world where social arrangements were taken for granted and assumed to be timeless. A child's obligation was to learn these usages, not to question them. The complexities of racial deportment were of a piece with learning manners and etiquette more generally.

Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage. Making critical decisions about your career, business, investments and other resources conjures up fear, fear that is part of the process of becoming a financial success.

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.

When things don't come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you from having the kind of life that you want to have.

We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it.

I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

I think that what we've been able to do is put together both a good group of scholars and analysts and people who aggressively want to make the case to the American public.

It's every girl's dream to be a cover girl!

I always tell people if you think you are susceptible to a blood clot, go check with your doctor.

I'd always wanted to be an actress, and suddenly I knew that learning to control my facial muscles was one of the best assets I could have as a performer.

Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.

When I do things, like, with Josh Grobin, or he has so many fans, and I get people after my concerts, classical concerts, all the time coming back and saying, 'Never heard of you until I heard the song with Josh Grobin.' Then they're now classical music fans, which is something I think we need to reach a wider audience.

People either love me or they think I'm obnoxious. I get that.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.