I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.
Nothing can dwindle to nothing, as Nature restores one thing from the stuff of another, nor does she allow a birth, without a corresponding death.
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use.
Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.
Between you and me, I think that may be one of the things that will help with the collaboration, because there are things Eric thinks I'm moving too quickly on, and there are things I think he's dragging out. When it gets to the editor they can arbit...
Of all the paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path .. A thing which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do .. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him.
L.A. prides itself on newness or being the last frontier or just not liking old things and tearing them down to build new things. But Malibu history is interesting to me. My mom's family was one of the early families in California, so there's history...
The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
Your brothers are the foolish ones for not seeing the strength in beautiful things.
That is one good thing about this world...there are always sure to be more springs.
Kissing girls is easy, like breaking windows.
Clarity is a sign of intellectual energy.
Of all things possible, the impossible is the only one worth skipping sex for.
Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.
There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.
One of my favorite things: good conversation with good friends.
One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation.
There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.
I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.'
One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned.
Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.
