Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.

Therefore, for every public job created by the bridge project a private job has been destroyed somewhere else.

He is annoyed with their lack of interest, their blithe ignorance of the arbitrary genetic lottery that has granted them their privileged lives.

It&#39;s life isn&#39;t it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

Written By Katharine Hepburn