It's fun to be amazing, to be the star of the show, to have everyone watching you-even if you have to act like a pig.

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.

I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.

It all boils down to this: A person has only two options in life, to do something or to do nothing.

His heart was simply to big for his body.

Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

Don't kill the competition. Competition is healthy for businesses. It keeps you the entrepreneur on your toes.

I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live.

The best of all physiciansIs apple pie and cheese!

If it doesn't add value, it's waste.

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.

Over hundred years ago Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. There was wide distribution of land and they didn't confiscate anyone's privately owned land... We need an industrial Homestead Act.

The truth is women in the workplace don't have to fight nearly as hard for opportunities, or to dispel stereotypes, as they did before.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.