I learned long ago to never be disappointed by people. Especially politicians.

Ah, life in medieval times! Yeah, we only have to worry about losing our heads every day.

Your thoughts and attitudes today chart your destiny tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that.

Life is a process of losing our illusions, until we finally lose the illusion that we're alive.

I've lost six different times. You can't say, 'Well, he lost, that's the end of the world.' You have to say, 'Okay, you lost, what did we do wrong?

High ends, high spending. We just trying to end life on a high note.

One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon.

I didn't do the engineering, and I didn't do the math, because I thought I understood what was going on and I thought I made a good rig. But I was wrong. I should have done it.

Colonialism has a bad reputation in the modern context, but Colonial Africa was a far better place for both black and white before the colonists gave up.

If poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.

Do not confuse excellence with perfection. The first is possible to achieve, the second is probably not.