Our modern world places such heavy demands on our time and attention that the need to remember our responsibilities to others is greater than ever.
Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you like what you do, you will succeed.
If we think that the way we live is good enough, then we’re completely wrong. You have to be able to doubt so that you can see that it can be done differently.
Those who have never made a mistake have never tried anything new.
If they want to be with sour and awkward people during their vacation, well, then they should probably choose another travel agency.
You can beat 40 scholars with one fact, but you cannot beat one idiot with 40 facts.
I was mortified that she disappeared before me, sitting at her writing desk, surrounded by classical music. A cerut in hand and a glass of whisky within reach.
I’m attracted to myths.
It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.
Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.
They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
All warfare is based on deception.
You won’t get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.
When you are extra strong, you have a special obligation to be sweet to others
Do you ever miss yourself? The person you were before you had your first heartbreak or before you got betrayed by a person you trusted? I do.
Everything sounds deep when you don’t read books.
When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times…I learned very early in life that: ‘Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend – without a song.’ So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.
I am self-created. I always wanted to make myself a better person because I wasn’t educated. But that was my dream – to have class.
I’ve never tried that before, so I can probably do it well!
If it’s dancing, or anything else in life my darling, that matters to you, then don’t let anything or anyone stop you.
If one is silent for too long, then the tongue withers
No matter how many grains of gold I serve you, you keep eating oatmeal, and I can’t become my problem.
That’s one of the worst things about getting old. That people allow themselves to die before you.