Babies are unreasonable; they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world, thinks wildly, "Is this all they've done to it?" and bursts into tears.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

As a boy, I remember my father telling me a bedtime story about the day my grandfather was decapitated.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

The message is that ultimate meaning is to be found in this present moment, infusing our everyday lives, here and now.

Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions.

It is the eye of the master that fatteth the horse, and the love of the woman that maketh the man.

You tellin' me people don't look at Kanye West like the Glitch.

Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.

Le bonheur est dans l'amour un e tat anormal. In love, happiness is abnormal.

No one has the answer: we are answer and question.

The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike a safeguard from arbitrary perversion of the law.