Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

It doesn't matter what Christ or Buddha said, it matters how they lived.

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating athletes .

Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot.

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day

When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.

Most people plan by disaster. They think of what can go wrong and then they master it.

Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.

I--buy, and I sell." "You're a thief.