You're a kid, ' said Alexandra. 'There is no just about it. Only adults say just a kid and what the heck do they know about anything? Have you looked at their world lately?

Give me a book, ” she said. “A book of sermons, anything.”“What do you want a book for?”“I want words. I’ve got to have more words. I was kept stupid on purpose.

Science can’t explain why two specific people are magnetically drawn to each other instead of repelled. Only love can.

Many people make the mistake of saving money by wasting time.

You can't do a good deal with a bad guy. The dishonesty tax is too high and is not something you will factor into your side of the equation.

In extreme youth in our most humiliating sorrow we think we are alone. When we are older we find that others have suffered too.

Dream in a pragmatic way.

When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.

But Opera Man, I go, "Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?" Because I could sing fake opera pretty good.

Americans as no one else in the Old World are looking ahead and are future-minded without the limitations of traditions and can look ahead without the burdens of the past.

Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action.