Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

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.

Love is the surprising emotion that company builders cannot ignore.

It occurred to me that when I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confidence of their help.

Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

The cowboy music twanged in the roadhouse and carried across the fields, all sadness. It was all right with me. I kissed my baby and we put out the lights.

there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change

When you're tanner, you feel hotter and sexier. You should try it

Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action, everything is due to God.

There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

I've found that giving gifts is transformative. It makes me better. It clarifies my thinking and allows me to do better work.