Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

It takes a long time to grow young.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

Certain signs precede certain events.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.