Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

... the love which Kahu received from Koro Apirana was the sort that dropped off the edge of the table, like breadcrumbs after everybody else has had a big meal.

Fear and doubt do not kill courage and faith

If you’re given a dirty look, wash it and give it back.

Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.

I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.

Radical surgery is never fun.

I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger.

Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.

I think in doing stand-up there are no rules and there's no architecture.

Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA).