The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and over-ripe.

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

Strangers are what friends are made of.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.

England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.

The cookbooks I value the most in my collection are the ones where you hear the author's voice and point-of-view in every recipe.

I am pleased and reassured by the fact that a lot of younger playwrights seem to pay me some attention and gain some nourishment from what I do.

Smell is a word, perfume is literature.

You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.

My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.

Without my Vulcan cat suit, Frankenstein wig and pointed ears, I don't get recognized. I love the fact I'm a shape shifter who can go unnoticed.

Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it's the you inside that counts.

Reaching into one's own pocket to assist his fellow man is noble and worthy of praise. Reaching into another person's pocket to assist one's fellow man is despicable and worthy of condemnation.