Before a man's forty, girls cost nothing. After that you have to pay money, or tell a story. Of the two, it's the story that hurts most. Anyway I'm not forty yet.

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.

The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius.

I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me. And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.

Don't give up on me now. I'm sorry. I guess that's an odd thing to say. Because isn't that what I'm doing? Giving up?

The Scouts are a private organization and have every right to set their own membership standards.

Poetry calls us to pause. There is so much we overlook, while the abundance around us continues to shimmer, on its own.

Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.

I don't smoke much pot anymore.

Education is power. It is just like a light in complete darkness.