Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

Smoke veils the air like souls in drifting suspension, declining the war's insistence everyone move on.

Heaven's the place where all the dogs you've ever loved come to greet you.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

They've never written a love story for me since I've been on the show and I think there's just more weight to it when two people love each other.

I know that, as captain, you are in a privileged position and must always abide by Fifa's code of fair play, something which I have always done throughout my career.

I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him - he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.

Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

The nourishment from barbecue is palatable.

The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.

I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.