All art is at once surface and symbol.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

The simplest way to enjoy lasting success in life is to strike a balance between your career and family. If one must suffer, never it be your family.

Between two brains, there will always be misunderstandings and lies caused by parasitic smells, drafts and poor-quality reception.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge an argument an exchange of ignorance.

In New York you've got to have all the luck.

I'm amazed at the adolescent nature of some of the religious fanatics in our government. And they're full of double standards.

It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.

And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?

What could you achieve that would make you proud, that no one else could do with the same ease?

Fear is nothing more than a mental monster you have created, a negative stream of consciousness

Love is the essential energy of the universe. It is the force that puts the stars in the firmament, and it makes the blood run through the veins.