A mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

In the flailing light they all looked sharp-edged and ethereal and divided by great distances

EVERY person and experience HAS contributed to who you have become today. NOTHING was wasted

I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.

America, now is not the time for small plans.

A remarkable feature of Islam is that it gives dignity even to the humblest illiterate peasants. It gives them a certain human dignity which one doesn't find in other societies.

Butterflies and zebras And moonbeams and fairy tales That's all she ever thinks about Riding with the wind.

If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?

I don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool.

It's when you've stopped writing and are doing other things, especially when you're asleep, that the real work is done.

Now he knew why he loved her so. Without ever leaving the ground, she could fly. 'There must be another one like you,' he whispered to her. 'There's got to be at least one more woman like you.