My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.

Cats don't like change without their consent.

Roger Caras

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

Ambrose Bierce

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

Woody Allen

Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling. Reduction, see? Of all feeling. People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

Judith Guest

How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.

Ted Danson

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

Patti Smith

Thou art blind to the danger of marrying a woman who feels and acts out the principle of equal rights.

Angelina Grimke

It is, therefore, a fact that anybody who wants to realise Truth or who wants to be humane, must follow non-violent ways of life, otherwise he will not be able to reach the Truth.

Morarji Desai

It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country.

Dixie Lee Ray

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

L.M. Montgomery

I would love to be like a Brian McKnight. Shoot, I'd love to be Brian McKnight.

Justin Guarini

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

Charles A. Beard