An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.

Nothing recedes like success.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.

Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.

She's been on more laps than a napkin.

Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.

Relationships are like crystals you dont realize how much you love it until it breaks.

The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.

California is a place where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

Todays gossip is tomorrows headline.

It's a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do.

True friends walks in when the rest of the world has walked out.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it.

Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

Life begins each morning.

Florida is very difficult to have name ID... That's why statewide incumbents usually get reelected in Florida.

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes and the addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain.

Nicholas Sparks and John Green are very different writers.

Together a brick and a blanket create the perfect metaphor for life. Will you be a brick and make something of your life or be a blanket and sleep your life away

Culturally, it is commonplace for African women to work.

I don't want to put down my work - I'm very proud of the work I've done.

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.

The global embrace of the Chilean miners had as much to do with the state of the planet as it did the fate of the trapped men. Every year, thousands of miners are trapped and die. Hundreds more are rescued. The world's press has no shortage of global good-news stories. Heroes abound if reporters and editors take the time to search.

The danger of loss of faith in God is not that one will believe in nothing but rather that one will believe in anything.

I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

I didn't want to lose my subjectivity and my objectivity about my work.

I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.

Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered.

Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.

I will reach for the stars no matter how hard it seems and fly like a bird with the knowledge this journey brings.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended but the glory belongs to our ancestors.