A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

(Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.)

The inventor knows HOW to borrow.

My biggest fear in the world is going broke and having to depend on someone else again.

If you can do something with your eyes closed, it is time to try something new.

My former health minister, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, is like a peach. I love to eat him.

I'll have an awesome blossom, EXTRA awesome.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

I think you know that when an American stays away from New York too long something happens to him. Perhaps he becomes a little provincial, a little dead and afraid.

We all want to have a rich and meaningful work life and a fulfilling life beyond work.

You completely rediscovered & relived everything to do with wildlife.