I don't think that you should be per­fectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates consider­able personal problems.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

Love anyone and everyone, don't fear for rejection. Love is an inner perception, there is only love, no place for rejection.

I can be patient, Vivienne, and I believe you’re worth waiting for.

Honesty defines self respect.

Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.

The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future.

All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.

You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.

As long as her hands can move a little bit and reach out to those who come to Her, Amma will continue giving darshan.

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?