I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart's content.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.

Safety and constancy were illusions granted only to those afraid enough not to peer beyond the walls.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

The important source of finance is now commercial papers, bonds, and so on.

It has been proved that the land can exist without the country - and be better for it; it has not been proved ... that the country can exist without the land.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words?

I think if I'd gone to an MFA program and learned that, it would have been money well spent. But translation has been that for me.

It's fine if you want a system that shows a boa constrictor to better advantage than a man.

One picture in ten thousand, perhaps, ought to live in the applause of mankind, from generation to generation until the colors fade and blacken out of sight or the canvas rot entirely away.