What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.

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.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

Great Leadership sometimes requires taking a step backward in order to take a leap forward.

America is the best half-educated country in the world.

I'm not a romantic lead. I have sticking-out ears and a little troll nose.

I just discovered the Santa Monica flea market, every Sunday. I go weekly. There's a lot of interesting things there.

The self is made, not given

My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies.

I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun.

The remedy for all blunders, the cure of blindness, the cure of crime, is love.

It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike.