A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good, and the people are good, And we 're all good fellows together.

Amo, amas, I love a lass, As a cedar tall and slender; Sweet cowslip's grace is her nominative case, And she's of the feminine gender.

What baron or squire Or knight of the shire Lives half so well as a holy friar.

I do what I do merrily out of curiosity because I want to know how the brain works. That will get me up early in the morning and keep me going all day long.

And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, —I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.

...life is all about chances. You might be safer not taking any. But playing it totally safe means you're only existing. Not living. I want to live.

Dharma is an ancient word for truth.

Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.

The Vietnam war was fought over portion size.

Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.

Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.

Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.