Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
Nanotechnology is manufacturing with atoms.
William made an uncredited cameo as a waiter in Daughter Of Shanghai (1937) despite being at the height of his popularity at the time.
William had known his wife Diana only 3 weeks before they were married.
William was diagnosed with and treated for cancer in 1938, recuperating for most of the year.
William and baseball great Casey Stengel graudated in the same class in Kansas City together.
William was interested in playing the Merry Widow Murderer in Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) after Alfred Hitchcock had asked him to consider the role, but the studio heads at MGM were opposed to this and cast Joseph Cotten.
William's last on-screen appearance was in a 14-minute short film, Fernes Jamaica (1969).
William has a Motion Picture star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 1636 Vine Street.
The character of Nicky Flippers in the movie "Hoodwinked" is modeled after Nick Charles (The character William Powell made famous in the Thin Man movie series).