Once I wanted total happiness - now I will settle for a little less pain.

Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.

I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

A number of people thinking along the same lines will produce a great volume of power by virtue of a combination of their thought currenting into great streams of mental force.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

Two men look out the same prison bars one sees mud and the other stars.

I believe in the power of great art to transcend geographical boundaries, political differences and even the restrictions of time.

The human body is mostly blood and mystery and sadness.

What we do have is nothin' but time. Welcome to the Shawshank Redemption of late night!

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

The most essential factor to economic recovery today [1932] is the restoration of confidence.

In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.

Man is a greater miracle than any god he ever invented.