“Silence make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.”

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

“Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”

“Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!”

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!”

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!”

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”

“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”

“Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable....