We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

I have a promptness problem. I am a promptness-free zone.

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

It is easy to write unthinking music.

The Miami Beach audience is the greatest audience in the world!

For one man who can introduce another to Jesus Christ by the way he lives and by the atmosphere of his life, there are a thousand who can only talk jargon about him

When you want knowledge and understanding as badly as you wanted air, you won't have to ask anyone to give it to you.

When we're afraid we shoot. But when we're nostalgic we take pictures.

I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.