I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!

Henny Youngman

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

P. J. O'Rourke

Never doubt my weaseling abilities, Shadowhunter, for they are epic and memorable in their scope.

Cassandra Clare

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

John Osborne

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless. . . . We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models.

Arthur Ashe

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Roy L. Smith

I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.

Robert Teeter

Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.

David Alan Grier

I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.

Mercedes McCambridge

Every fairytale has a villain. All high quality happy endings involve a black-hearted monster. I just didn't want you to be mine.

Coco J. Ginger

The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.

Harvey Weinstein