Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

But the mere truth won't do. You must have a lawyer.

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

War is not the answer. Violence is not the solution. A more peaceful world is possible.

I think it's my energy and love of life that has been the real key to my fame and success.

Contemplate the choice between going after money or ideals. There is so much pressure to go for money, idealism gets little airplay. Do something that means something to you.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

Even if you got rid of paper, you would still have story-tellers. In fact, you had the story-tellers before you had the paper.