One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.
Love can achieve unexpected majesty in the rocky soil of misfortune.
The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.
If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.
In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and joy.
Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.
I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It's a huge therapeutic release. Also I love my touring family. And I love my audiences very much.
What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs?
I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
I've always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers - teachers with very loud voices.