The inevitability of gradualness cannot fail to be appreciated.

The inevitability of gradualness cannot fail to be appreciated.

Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly afterwards the German and Spanish clubs added their productions.

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments.

Diligence overcomes difficulties sloth makes them.

Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.

Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

I started looking at fashion magazines, specifically 'British Vogue.' I was reading a lot about Cecil Beaton. Then I thought maybe I should start collecting.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today and it will appear again tomorrow.

A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters.

Smile, even if it's a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how to smile.

During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.

Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money.

Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something.

Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.

And our pessimists think this has taken too long. Our pessimists believe that too many Americans have died. Our pessimists believe that we have lost the war.

Look, I haven't had hardly any bad luck. I never look at it that way.

I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk.

Be still my heart thou hast known worse than this.

Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.

All young people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, need someone who's got their back.