If you wish to be positive, which means youthful, never speak of the past any more than you can help.

Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will.

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.

Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.

I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one.

The fear of women is the beginning of knowledge.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.

If in the last few years you have not discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress.

Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

If you want to be happy, all you have to do is be happy.

I loved this woman the way you love ... well, nothing," he said, a note of suprise in his voice. "You can’t compare that kind of love to anything, can you? It’s its own unique gift.

For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.

Only the more Rugged Mortals should attempt to Keep Up on Current Literature.

Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.

There is no greater path to mediocrity in life than trying to be realistic.

We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.

I never took a human life, I only sold the fellow the gun to take it with.