I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth of course and looked for my own Prince Charming.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues but there is no need of parading them for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long and the great charm of all power is modesty.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

God gave us faculties for our use each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.

Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.

Ray Bradbury is for many reasons the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be should be and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible willing to tolerate and to teach happy to inspire but also to be inspired.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.