A clean basement, garage and attic are signs of an empty life.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive

I love you on the surface of seas Red like the egg when it is green

Anything that does not belong where it is, is an "open loop" pulling on your attention.

It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.

Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself, the only place you can begin is where you are, and the only time you can begin is always now.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

When you're dealing with killing people and things that are upsetting, that can be a delicate place to occupy yourself for a day.

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.