The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Tell me who loves, who admires you, and I will tell you who you are.

Your story should inspire others. Your journey should inspire you.

I am all the ages I've ever been.

I think I would have had less tumult in my life if I hadn't grown up in my particular house.

swans ... always look as though they'd just been reading their own fan-mail.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

Heavy is the root of light.

At the end of the day, every media entity is in the business of selling soap. They're not afraid of being popular.

Good fiction necessarily encompasses our limited understandings of one another, and of ourselves.

May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.