"Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams."

"Truth is a fire that burns and shines."

"Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you."

"Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and thata€?s all you have."

"There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule."

"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures..."

"When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred."

"Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be."

"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."

"Hope is a thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without words And never stops at all."

"My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place."

"Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived."