Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth--in a word, all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world--have not any subsistence without a mind.

I look at Liv Tyler and think "It's not fair," because I can't find a flaw on her. And on top of that she seems nice, so it's really not fair.

Ask not what your country can do for you: Ask what you can do for your country.

Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain.

Don't worry, be happy!!

The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that have not the letter R in their name.

The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer, And, singing gently ever, Dips under the water clear.

Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.

If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself . . . that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.

I couldn't remember when I had been so disappointed. Except perhaps the time I found out that M&Ms really do melt in your hand...

Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven.

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.

The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.

Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly without privacy--members of a ;naked society and denizens of a goldfish bowl.