The least learned, for the most part, have been always most ready to write. Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. Taxes should be lower, flatter, and simpler, in that order. True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others. The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. I am looking forward to getting to do things I have never done before. If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man. Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough. I no longer need to be someone's wife. I'm doing okay as I am. It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light. Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are. When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which. At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education. Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn't matter where or what it is, from the biggest to the most venomous. Small things amuse small minds. Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today. Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even to the total obliteration of certain meshes. The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich. My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar. The tendency is to keep doing things the way you have done them. People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down. It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result. Charlie Brown is almost a tragic figure. I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know. While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.