We are each the star of our own situation comedy, and, with luck, the screwball friend in somebody else's.

There is always a perfectly good excuse, always a reason not to. The hardest freedom to win is the freedom from one's excuses.

The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves.

What are memories but dreams of a better past.

It is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved.

Some have been to the mountain. I have been to my knees by the side of my bed.

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: "What happens if I do nothing?"