Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

They say religion is about love, but you wonder how much of it really is about fear.

Regret, albeit raw and relentless, is almost always unremarkable.

I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.

I always thought that I was okay with arithmetic.

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

Love is too prone to trust. Would I could think My charges false and all too rashly made.

A long time ago, I remember having cooperated with Shirley Bassey and I will never forget this moment which I shared with her while playing for and with her.

Suicide terrorism stops when we stop intervening abroad.