My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The psychopathology of the masses is rooted in the psychology of the individual

I'd like to continue to act and also produce.

It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.

Isn't it interesting what a stranger can offer? A little wisdom, a little mercy, a little love.

It is well known that the central problem of the whole of modern mathematics is the study of transcendental functions defined by differential equations.

If you believe it's life or death for the kids, it changes everything you do.

It is almost impossible to grow a company of any size and worth unless you expand beyond yourself

If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)

I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.