The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation.

Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worth of being saved.

A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.

There is a limit to human intelligence, but there is no limit to human stupidity

It is the pursuit of happiness that makes people unhappy.

The world is divided into the ordinary and the extraordinary. The problem is deciding which is which.

Life is not a journey, it is a destination

There is nothing more dangerous than a philosopher who wants to change the world

Most books are about aspects of human knowledge - Few people write books about human ignorance, despite the fact that there would be much more to write about

Life is a question in the form of an answer

The cure to eliminate fake news is that people stop reading 140-character tweets and start reading 600-page books.

There is no science without spirituality

One of the things I advised Donald Trump to do was to make sure that, before he commits to certain courses of action, he has really dug in and thought through how various issues play themselves out.

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The easiest thing I can say is simple, but paradoxical in this era of total sampling: Be original.

I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me

Before Israel dies, it must be humiliated and degraded. Allah willing, before they die, they will experience humiliation and degradation every day.

Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!

Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself

We do not live by what is possessed but by what is promised.