An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

A thick skin is a gift from God.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue.

Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.

God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it but not the human brain.

We all live under the same sky but we dont all have the same horizon.

First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously.

I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them good books.

I like things that feel like they're timeless and really well made and tailored... things that make me feel confident when I leave the house.

'Elf' has become this big holiday movie, and I remember running around the streets of New York in tights saying, 'This could be the last movie I ever make,' and I could never have predicted that it'd become such a popular film.

I had always been intrigued by the emotional aspect of adventure gaming-the fact that people get so personally involved.

If we don't take Tullamore, no other community will.

The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand.

I never feel like I have anything. People can tell me a thousand times, 'You're the guy, you're the guy,' and I'm just like, 'We'll see when I'm on the set.'

The thing about 'Gilmore Girls' is that it's such a specific voice, and I lived with it for so long before it got on the air It's a very specific rhythm and a very specific banter.

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while other write history. It matters little who wins.

The cult of personality is the curse of modern communication. Why should we believe that the actor the entertainer or the sportsperson the well born rich whether by talent or accident or just famous for being famous have anything original wise or philosophical to say Yet smitten by celebrity we hang upon their lips.

As we begin to have landings on the moon, we can alternate those with vertical launch of similar crew modules on similar launch vehicles for vertical-launch tourism in space, if you want to call it that... adventure travel.

Our incomes are like our shoes if too small they gall and pinch us but if too large they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

Im from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to get me on the dance floor Anything from Saturday Night Fever and youre up there like a demon.

They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.

I have a lot to offer the world.

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Beauty...when you look into a woman's eyes and see what is in her heart.

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

There was a period around Columbine when horror films were being kind of assailed by the government. The studios got very afraid that they were going to be sued, and studios at about that time were all being taken over by corporations.

When a group of ultra-opinionated, uber-creative romance authors get together, I'm sure you guys can imagine how fast the ideas start flying!

Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.