She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.

It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away.

Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to see the same reality.

She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.

I played ball for the Hollywood Blues of the Pacific Coast League, and I thought I was going to be a major leaguer. But I was the only one who seemed to think so.

I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.

My preferred environment is by the sea or somewhere rural. I don't want to be in a city, I don't want to visit New York and I don't want to go shopping.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

The only things that haven't worked for me are when I've held back. There's no reason to sell an idea short. The only risk would be to not fulfill the dream.

Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?

Poor men's reasons are not heard.

The 'Course in Miracles' says one day you will realize that death is not the punishment but the reward. And it says that birth is not the beginning of life but a continuation. And physical death is not the end of life but a continuation.

Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. Do you think a Greek name gives more weight to your reasons?

I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

You've got enemies? Good, that means you actually stood up for something.

I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.

The problem with too beautiful a view is that it's alright for the mulling stage. But for the writing stage, you want to be somewhere without a view, especially if it is very different from what you're writing.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak.

People used to say, 'Andy Serkis lent his movements to Gollum,' and now they say, 'Andy Serkis played Caesar.' That's a significant leap.

My grandmother wanted my father to be a teacher because she was a teacher. He didn't go down that road until much later in life; he just kind of retired after almost 20 years as being a visiting lecturer at Stanford, where he got his graduate degree.

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.