I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork.

Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen Hey, you

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.