‎"You are the author for your life and you only get one chance to leave a beautiful mark.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.

A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.

His problem is that he doesn’t want anyone until he can have anyone he wants.

You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.

There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.

You can't change in your own power. If you feel overwhelmed by something bigger than you, let the one who is bigger than all things be the power you need in your weakness.

We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.

There's nothing wrong with being an anarchist.

Who is king in the world of the blind when there isn't even a one eyed man?