Instead of holding on to the Biblical view that we are made in the image of God, we come to realize that we are made in the image of the monkey.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

He’s more a shape in a drape than a hep cat

No matter where you once were, no matter how dark your storm, God doesn't want you to remain there. Overcoming may not be easy, but it's possible when you ask your Father to battle for you.

I love the Discovery Channel. I love all sorts of medical shows. I love a show called 'Diagnosis: Unknown.'

That was the idea behind glam clubs like Seven and The New Eve. You could eat and dance to live music. To enter you had to descend a grand staircase.

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do as they think.

Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.

Start-ups don't die, they commit suicide.

It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.

I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.