The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

Kiss thy lips and you will see what thou create.

Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.

The unenvied man is not enviable.

Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi.

We're all human beings, but some of us are more sophisticated at covering our flaws. We're just smart enough to lie to ourselves that everything is OK.

Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.

Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated, look I'm still around.

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

I would date a model, but I would rather marry a fan or a normal person.