Most of us would rather risk a catastrophe than read the instructions.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.

That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly.

I know there are a lot of people who like to get very involved in their characters, but I, personally, find it too involved. I just like to do it as a job - and it's my job to make it look real.

We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound.

It's important to take criticism seriously - not personally.

Think of the man who first tried German sausage.

I think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.

You can’t hate someone whose story you know.

Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.