My brother Julio and I worked to improve the quality of wines from California and to put fine wine on American dinner tables at a price people could afford.

My first-grade teacher told me I was the dumbest student she ever had. She did me a favor. If she told me I was very smart, I wouldn't have tried to improve.

One may deal with things without love...but you cannot deal with men without it...It cannot be otherwise, because natural love is the fundamental law of human life.

I keep my self updated by reading different books and encyclopedias.

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.

It was a profound saying of Wilhelm Humboldt, that 'Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech he must be already man.'

Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.

As long as you are stationary, no one will complain. Dogs don't bark at parked cars.

When I'm on my deathbed, I'll hopefully be able to count more friends than parts that I had.

We'll do what life always does defy expectations.

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.

Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.