We should make virtue our master, not our servant.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

When you're dealing with monkeys, you've got to expect some wrenches.

I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.

A lot affects the outcome. It boils down to scheduling and the commitment of the network.

I'm an enigma, an unknown.

If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community.

Come on," I said. "I've got some questions for Thoth. And then I'm going to punch him in the beak.

We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.