Since therefore all things are ordered in subserviency to the good of man, they are so ordered by Him that made both man and them.
The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.
I've done everything I've wanted to do. I have three children, I have grandchildren, I have books, I did movies, I've directed movies, I've done almost everything I've wanted to do.
My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him. He worked hard and he never complained about it.
Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh. . . people need to laugh.
I love tweeting. I tweet every day. I stay in contact, I tell them what I'm doing. I've posted pictures of my books on there and they buy the books. It's a very good way to communicate with people, but I can't go to bed without tweeting something. I have to tweet something.
If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.
Phil [Wood] was very passionate. Very committed. He felt very blessed that the people that cared about him and took him aside. . . if he was out of line or drinking too much, being too surly.
I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a thousand pounds.
Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.
Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?