I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Never complain. Never explain.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

Explaining or defending your dreams to people who don't understand them will actually take away time to making them come true!

Hope keeps you alive.

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.

For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues.

What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team.

If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come.

Chin up, don’t smile, don’t cry, don’t fall, walk.

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.