It's important to know what you're going to spend your life on, and the only way you're going to find that is by connecting with the force inside yourself.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment

Perfectionism is searching for faults to justify low self-esteem. It is a guaranteed failure and fantasy.

What greater evil could you wish a miser than long life?

The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.

There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.

Whether or not the President is sleeping well won't be a factor in his re-election. That will depend on what he does while he is awake.

I was never the best-looking guy; I was never the Tom Cruise-looking guy.

Until the President produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself.

I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.

Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store or municipal or government bonds.