What have the Germans gained by their boasted freedom of the press, except the liberty of abusing each other as they like?

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.

When I was at school one would have said, 'I swear by the Bible.' But Bibles were not encouraged at Experiment House.

Think, dream and expect great things. For would you rather be correct in your perception? Or would you rather be exceptional in your life?

Writing is easy...all you have to do is sit at the typewriter and bleed. -- Ernest Hemingway

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.

It was clear to me from the start that I would need to combine both a medical degree with a research qualification, to keep at the cutting edge of medical science and technology.

The first draft is the child's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.

I once got a little camera to use for details of architecture and so forth but the photo was always so different from the perspective the eye gives, I gave it up.

Maybe [killers] is one of my real passions. Why deny it?

Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician.