Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.

It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.

The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.

You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.

When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.

We'll take the cake with the red cherry on top.

Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.

A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.

Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.

We thrive when we are pulled by the future, not pushed by the past.

It's nothing serious, " he said. "It's just an obsession.

Ambition strives. At first for goals, until it reaches them. Then for more, because it's insatiable.

My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.

During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.

You shouldn't fear failure. You should fear succeeding at the wrong thing. I may fail, but I'm failing at the right thing.

Through courtesy you will take a humble attitude toward your opponent in training & be grateful to him.

TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE