Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

Pain don't hurt.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

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

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.