Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

The bridges that you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.

Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

If there were any justice in this world, people would occasionally be permitted to fly over pigeons.

The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.

The annoying thing about being modest is that you can't brag about it.

The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.

One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.

The trouble with making intelligent suggestions is that you're apt to be appointed to carry them out.

The key to getting ahead is setting aside 8 hours a day for work and 8 hours a day for sleep - and making sure they're not the same hours.

One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.

People do not read stupidities with impunity.

No demon could ever care enough to let go." ~ Muse

He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.

Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.

[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

Our criminal institutions are full of creeps like you who do wrong things, and many of them were driven to these crimes by the horrible force called music.

For I have seyn of a ful misty morwe Folowen ful ofte a myrie someris day.

You have eternity in which to explain and only one night to be a martyr in the amphitheater Get out, darling, and let me see the lions eat you.

... reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.