Archived Quotes

Everything human is pathetic.

The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow.

There is no humor in heaven.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

I don't like to lose.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

All emotion is involuntary when genuine.

I don't want to be a part of any club

that would have me as a member.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated.

It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

However able and faithful he may be in other respects,

people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.

Only God can judge me.

Sometimes the heart wants what it wants,

even if it breaks.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction.

Fiction has to make sense.

Perfection is not attainable,

but if we chase perfection

we can catch excellence.

I start early and I stay late,

day after day,

year after year.

I spent my whole life learning how to live,

and I still don’t know.

Chemistry is important.

If you like each other,

you’re going to have a good time.

I’m comfortable being myself;

the rest is just acting.

I don't really listen to rap;

I just like to rap.

It’s really hard to design products by focus groups.

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

Speak the truth,

and all things alive or brute are vouchers,

and the very roots of the grass underground there,

do seem to stir and move to bear you witness.

A friend is one who

overlooks your broken

fence and admires the

flowers in your garden.