Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film – whether it’s history, psychology, economics, or architecture – so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn’t going to help you unless you have something to say.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

You’re unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff, but further, you should get a heck of a lot of fun out of working out funny relations and interesting things.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Single life is so overrated.

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any forum that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

Money has a language of its own.

I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it’s absolutely true.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.

Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

Sucking up to the biggies won’t get us anywhere.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go, virtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When people say ‚marriage‘ to me… It’s always a means to an end. Everyone’s so in a rush to define the relationship.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we’re alive it’s not going to change. You’ve got to be boisterous to get results.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

I like learning more about people; I like to talk to people.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

There’s nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It’s a thing no married man knows anything about.

I’ve never been a boyfriend kind of girl.

Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.

The difficulty with this conversation is that it’s very different from most of the ones I’ve had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it’s cool that happens.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.