The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all.

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.

Neuroimaging is the politics of pictured reality.

There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.

I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen.

My thoughts are with you all. Forever conscious of the vast, absurd universe and writing my eternal story I shall remain dead, but dreaming.

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.

If you're going to say the Jesus Prayer, at least say it to Jesus, and not to St. Francis and Seymour and Heidi's grandfather all wrapped up in one.

Gazelles didn't lie down with lions, at least not unbloodied and alive.

There's nothing heroic about suicide bombers. They're mostly just dumb, brainwashed kids, stoned out of their minds.

When you're talking to the media, be a well, not a fountain.

Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind.