Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Do not be afraid of living without family- be afraid of living an empty and meaningless life

Hard tasks need hard ways.

I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.

An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

The what is so much more important than how.

I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself.

Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.

I DON'T smoke anymore, except on National No Smoking Day as a protest against those who want to control our lives.