the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

And I think we'll be able to prove scientifically that other talents such as intuitive, psychic, clairvoyant and audiovoyant are very real.

It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

You know when you eat too many sweets and get diabetes? Paparazzi are the diabetes of materialistic culture.

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

We are not victims of the world we see, we are victims of the way we see the world.

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

Crystals amplify the consciousness.

My decision isn't as important as the freedom to decide. And my income isn't as important as what I do to earn it.

All uncertainly is fruitful... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

I don't like to go out to clubs, because I find myself seeing remnants of drugs in the bathroom.

The world is full of bright men who know all the right things to say and who say them in the wrong place.

While some are as loathe to trade a Bishop for a Knight as a Cadillac for a Chevrolet, others are prepared to do so without hesitation.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about what's "too much" what's "enough" or if you're telling the "right" stories, just do good work.

Passenger rail development takes time, but good things come to those who are patient and stay the course.

What do you want to want to be, anyway?" "I don't know; I guess what I want to be is a good Catholic." "What you should say"--he told me--"what you should say is that you want to be a saint.