Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it.

You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.

Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.

Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.

Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.

The size of the problem is never the issue -- what matters is the size of you!

One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.

Up come a flat top, he was movin' up with me.

I eat ice cream. It's better than booze.

Now is the best time to start becoming the person we eventually want to be—not only 20 years from now but also for all eternity.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane .A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

All that you do will come back to you. Good and bad.

Remember this, classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.