There is more hope in a heather rose than in all the tons of Teutonic philosophy.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.

I fix my grandchildren's computers.

I've only got a fraction of the energy I once had, but I think I probably use it better.

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

You can either watch TV or you can make TV.

She knows no difference 'twixt head and privities who devours immense oysters at midnight.

I was genuinely happy when I wrote that song [Training Wheels] and very in love. That's a very rare emotion to evoke out of me.

it makes a great difference to a speaker whether he has something to say, or has to say something.

Not that I'd really been planning on keeping the attack secret; it had just been an option I'd wanted to keep open if I could.

Fix upon your ideal of what you wish to make of yourself.