The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

..there are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.

Loneliness was the price of the quest. I don't belong to the people who cannot live alone

Take it from someone who's read the Wikipedia entry: this is how the Ottoman Empire was won: madden horsemen fueled by lethal jet-black coffee-mud.

If I should ever by chance grow richI'll buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch,Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater,And let them all to my eldest daughter.

That's what I am; I'm a drip. You still get hydrated, you still get your nutrients, just a little at a damn time.

They say drugs are not the answer, but really, what is the question?

Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: Lou, youre a leading man because youre a good actor. Brought tears to my eyes.

I'm not fashionable at all, and the fact that I manage to sell pictures without being fashionable is thanks to my gallery.

Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.