Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.