If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

I think, therefore a single fertilized egg cell can replicate itself into trillions of specialized and exquisitely organized cells.

He needs "space" and "time, " as if this were physics and not a human relationship.

Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?

Holdsworth is so damned good that I can't cop anything. I can't understand what he's doing. I've got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he'll do it with one hand.

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.

Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

Switzerland still has a huge share of the watch market, all advertised at the airport on illuminated hoardings. Gosh, they are ugly.

In taking life for granted, we fail to notice it.

You're always going to be struggling if you haven't got a left foot.

Get rid of words, and get rid of meaning, and still there is poetry.