Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

Over the years I have realized it's not the people who come into your life but the choices they force you to make gives the direction to your life.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded.

I've only covered a few songs because I feel that if you're not going to go beyond the original artist in some way, then don't disrespect what they created.

Relationships that begin in passion's raging fire often end in the coldest ashes.

I was building my work, and it took me a long time. For a good five or six years I was just kind of bobbing around, doing everything and anything.

If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.

Every day is great for me. I dislike rose-coloured glasses.

Every man has a coward and hero in his soul.