Once in Africa I lost the corkscrew and we were forced to live off food and water for weeks.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence.

Age 50 is the mile marker where any mildly perceptive person becomes acutely aware that he or she alone is accountable for the content and coherence of their character.

Nobody ever stays the same after someone they know tries to kill themselves…

You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble.

It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.

Think what you like. There are people who die by remaining alive and others who gain life by dying.

I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer.

If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.

I've always embraced my curves since I was a teenie-bopper.

I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the collaborative spirit, but it's not true.