Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her
Don’t make it sound like I laughed because I was troubled or inconvenienced or put out. I don’t want them to read anything into it. But if you want to say that I laughed, I think that would be a good answer.
I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.
When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.
Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.
Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again.
Money gained on Sabbath-day is a loss, I dare to say. No blessing can come with that which comes to us, on the devil's back, by our willful disobedience of God's law. The loss of health by neglect of rest, and the loss of soul by neglect of hearing the gospel, soon turn all seeming profit into real loss.
I used to say I wanted somebody funny and intelligent, but kindness is the most important quality in a man.
My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours?
I believe in God. . . just in case. It's like there's some list somewhere and you don't want to be on it. I don't want to say THERE'S NO GOD! and then die and say, Oh, Hi. . . Is there some kind of community service I can do?
For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.
Never say anything unless you have to.
It makes you feel good when a movie works. Usually when I see an old movie I've made, I say to myself, 'Oh God, why did I do this?' and 'Why didn't I change that?' and things like that.
I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them
I find it hard to say, because when I was there it seemed to be shut.
Am I a troubled kid? Yeah, you could say that.
I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.