All human beings are born with the same creative potential. Most people squander theirs away on a million superflous things. I expend mine on one thing and one thing only: my art.

It was God who gave a man's rib to a woman. But it is man who must learn to give away his heart and never take it back.

Richelle E. Goodrich

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Diane Sawyer

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

William Shakespeare

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

William Shakespeare

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be.

Agnes De Mille

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.

Mark Victor Hansen

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.

Arthur Balfour

Humore is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Romain Cary

Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it.

Ric Keller

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 -- 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.

Robert M. Pirsig

I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other.

Padma Lakshmi

Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man.

Gina Gershon