Wisdom doesn’t come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.

We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

Proximity to reality induces feelings of emptiness, horror and depression. Do not approach it alone.

It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than does the euphoric. Perhaps, but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.

Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.

Just because one is born in sin is no reason to brag about it.

Many humans make the mistake of fighting for race when it’s the species driving our genes. And there is only one weapon to fight for species: the brain.

We are all born wise. Unfortunately, we all don’t die that way.

There is nothing more blinding than having seen the light, and nothing more tiresome than sharing it.

Greatness must be measured by the transfer of success to future generations

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time.

A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.

Sometimes I'd like to stuff all Jews (myself included) into the drawer of a laundry basket. then open it to see if they've suffocated

The only law we broke was the Brezhnev doctrine that once a country is in the Soviet bloc it cannot be overthrown.

It's just such a blessing that I get to be paid for something that I'm in love with.

My own perception was that although it kind of sucks to be stuck in a contract you signed a long time ago, when you're having success, it gives you some leverage.

I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second life in the Eighties, you'll find out that it's exactly this, it's the willingness to take a risk.

I really admire police officers, surgeons, or anyone who works in high stressed situations.