One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.

When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.

There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.

In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere.

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.

In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything.

You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.

Keep reading books but remember that a book is only a book and you should learn to think for yourself.

Anger is like ice and also quick to melt.

Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.

Only mothers can think of the future-because they give birth to it in their children.

Keep reading books, but remember that a book's only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.

If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept, and it is only natural that many people deny it and say it is better for a man to live on in a trance than to wake up to torture.

For myself, I've kind of always been interested in pets because they're not human.

Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away.

In my experience victims are more concerned with helping their families understand that they are still connected to them. In some rare experiences information comes through that helps understand what happened.

There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing, or Bette Davis's daughter has written. My children love me very much, and they are loved.

The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil.

Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back generations and runs along the Nile, from the concrete of Cairo to the coast of Alexandria.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can’t afford to be with them.

Being nerdy just means being passionate about something, including everyone - the coolest people on Earth are passionate and therefore nerdy about something whatever it is, whether it's sports, or gaming, or technology, or fashion, or beauty, or food, or whatever.

I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt.

I think I am more determined than ever in my future plans, and I have quite made up my mind that nothing must be suffered to interfere with them. I intend to make such arrangements in town as will secure me a couple of hours daily (with very few exceptions) for my studies.

She felt excluded, unappreciated and unloved. Never had been loved.

Sometimes you just don't show up, and in our profession, it's a bad day.

Be ever vigilant but never suspicious.

Thanks to 'I'm Yours,' I'm probably set for a really long time. The pressure I put on myself, or what I hope my 'I Won't Give Up' does, is to make a difference in people's lives... With 'I'm Yours,' I got to go out and set my feet on different continents, and expose myself to different cultures and causes.

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

When you dance together, there's a fabulous interaction. It's quite intimate. You're touching your partner, leading them. Learning how to behave in that person's proximity is a skill. I love it. I can't imagine tiring of it.

I have always had a very natural connection to the water, and that connection stems from the ocean itself.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.

I can't stand people who try too hard.