I am sorry, I am not a writer. I simply put my thoughts on paper. Those helped by them call them a book and me a writer. Those who are not helped call it rubbish and me a fool. Both have reason.

The end of love looks like the beginning of war

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

You need to have the means to impose yourself

The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself

Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.

Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him

It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed

A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence

The most enthusiastic man in a cause is rarely chosen as the leader.

Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.

Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.

There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.

I do not murmur, even if my heart break.

There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts.

[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.

Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the military budget.

I do believe it is the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel. I do believe that it defies physics for the World Trade Center Tower Seven, building seven, which collapsed in on itself.

For the camera, particularly, I feel like - I think that, as human faces become older, they become more interesting.