You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.