The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.

The intellect seeks, the heart finds.

The risks of liberty we must let everyone take

You will never experience personal growth, if you fear taking chances. And, you will never become successful, if you operate without integrity.

All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.

Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

I avoid roles that might send me down a road where I might end up being typecast.

For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews.

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

God created dinosaurs. God destroyed dinosaurs. God created Man. Man destroyed God. Man created dinosaurs. Dinosaurs eat man...Woman inherits the earth.

I care not what subject is taught, if only it be taught well.