You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself return.

For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don’t put a bolt to a nut, he don’t tell you the law or give you medicine He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back — that’s an earthquake... A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.

All organization is and must be grounded on the idea of exclusion and prohibition just as two objects cannot occupy the same space.

The jails are full of fearless characters.

For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life...A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with a territory.

So many tremendous decisions in life are made because it is five o'clock.

Though our own hearts break, we cannot flinch; these are new times, sir. There is a misty plot afoot so subtle we should be criminal to cling to old respect and ancient friendships. I have seen too many frightful proofs in court the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!

The world is an oyster, but you don't crack it open on a mattress.

Glamour, that trans-human aura or power to attract imitation, is a kind of vessel into which dreams are poured, and some vessels are simply worthier than others. A beautiful woman can turn heads but real glamour has a deeper pull. Glamour is the power to rearrange people's emotions, which, in effect, is the power to control one's environment.

The jungle is dark but full of diamonds.