Disease has always been a much bigger killer of human beings than wars.

But nothing is more opaque than absolute transparency.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.

Nature is to zoos as God is to churches.

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

It pays to be prepared.

Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.

Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It’s through the hardships you endure that you’ll gain real strength.

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.

The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

The L.A. Times, it's an anti-Christian publication, as is the New York Times.

I stopped my iTunes festival set because someone fainted at the front. It felt like the right thing to do at the time but maybe I was being too sensitive.

The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.

You need to paint with enough assurance and confidence to know you can do whatever you like.