A carbonated wine foisted upon Americans (who else would drink it?) by winery ad agencies as a way of getting rid of inferior champagne by mixing it with inferior burgundy.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

I once asked him why he smoked the world's most expensive cigarette, and he told me it was because he was a man of wealth and taste, at least according to Mick Jagger.

Our thoughts are private to protect others not ourselves. People don't have the ability to handle what you really think about them

It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.

To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.

Love, wonder, joy & awareness are the gifts of innocence.

All I do is WIN, WIN, WIN no matter what

From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world.

Its extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.

The only way to treat the common cold is with contempt.