Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness-and fewer those who have taken that chance.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

The self-actualization process for a man is a conscious choice of a life goal and the way to achieve it

It takes two to make a very great career: the man who is great, and the man--almost rarer--who is great enough to see greatness and say so.

Successful entrepreneurs figure out when to drive their ideas forward & when to listen to constructive criticism.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.

Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.

You cannot go higher than you think you can.