I prefer to make my living honestly.

Some days I make 20 bets. Some days, I make none...so I wait, plan, marshal my resources. And when I finally see an opportunity and there is a bet to make, I bet it all.

There's only so much you can teach a person until you reach the limits of his capabilities.

Flip a coin. When it's in the air, you'll know which side you're hoping for.

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is

Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will.

The more money the louder it talks.

Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone.

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.

She hates me and you hate me, but you all love Harry. Nobody loves me.

Be your own limited edition.

... the love which Kahu received from Koro Apirana was the sort that dropped off the edge of the table, like breadcrumbs after everybody else has had a big meal.

Love from the heart shows itself in meekness and not in tumultuous drumbeats.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Some people go through life searching and never find their soul mates. They never do. You and I did, we just happened to have them for a shorter period of time. It's sad, but it's life.

Indecisiveness wears a person out.

Atlantic puffins starve to death so that Danish chickens can feast on their fish.

There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.

The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.

It seems like people don't learn from the past.