The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make read more

The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make you more than you are. This business has changed a lot of good people and a lot of good families, and I don't want that to happen to me.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. read more

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. [Matthew 7:7-8].

Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the read more

Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the mind.

Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.

Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a read more

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by read more

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz.

The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.

The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.