I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

It's one of the ironies of human nature that the most sensitive people are generally insensitive to the feelings of others.

I'm a songwriter first.

And over your unconsecrated head you'll hear the howling wolves lament their fate and yours the livelong year.

Thelonius Monk went over to Bird and Bud Powell and said, 'I told you guys to act crazy, but I didn't tell you to fall in love with the act. You're really crazy now.'

Just enough'll solve your problems too much'll kill ya

People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy.

life is a succession of readjustments.

We have paid the police for information in the past.

Every man if he so desires becomes sculptor of his own brain.

Some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone.