“People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be - not what you nag them to be.”

“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”

“If you want to freak someone out, don't ask them... What's the least you can do? Instead ask them... What's the most you can do?”

“I'll be the way I was when I first met him. Then maybe he'll like me again. I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”

“I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”

“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”

“the Secret Service trains its agents to identify counterfeit bills by having them handle every possible kind of real REAL bill. Old ones. New ones. Wrinkled ones. Freshly minted ones. Once you you are surounded by and you know what "real" is, it is easy to identify a fake. It's the same with people...”