What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.
We live in such an age of chatter and distraction. Everything is a challenge for the ears and eyes.
If you want to know how far gossip travels, do this - take a feather pillow up on a roof, slice it open, and let the feathers fly away on the wind. Then go and find every single feather and re-stuff the pillow.
Contemplate the good things in your life and be grateful for them.
Life is a mystery. Life is uncertain. It makes one feel a bit wobbly to realize that.
Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.
When I first drove my car down Sunset Strip, I nearly crashed my car gazing at the monolithic ads of various celebrities. They are bigger than King Kong, and more frightening.
To play one of the main characters in it, it's not the kind of thing you don't do. Oh, I'd rather not play Pippin in Lord of the Rings. . . , In fact, I'm trying to think - what else would you rather do, you know? I can't actually think of another job that I'd rather do.
What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values. . in a society of cynics.
I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world.