A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

Common sense is not so common.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

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.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.