A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

The best way out is always through.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

Forgiveness is what makes adults different to children: children just forget, adults forgive.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.

I think everybody gets caught up in superstitions. But I don't put much stock in them ... knock on wood.

I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.

The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it.

People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single.

Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift.

And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

Stories are like relics, part of an undiscovered preexisting world. The writer's job is to use the tools in his or her toolbox to get as much of each one out of the ground intact as possible.