I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

My Brain is the key that sets me free.

Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.

An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.

In a negotiation, we must find a solution that pleases everyone, because no one accepts that they must lose and that the other must win... Both must win!

Yeah. I mean, it just seemed to me that it was - I felt so helpless to this business of not having any papers. That seems like a throwback to a schoolboy.

I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.

It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

Ten years from now I will tell you how I feel about umpires.

My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within.

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

The goal is ecstasy, but I don't want to make some sort of saccharine pop music. I want to make something that's completely uncompromising: the best possible music ever made.

As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.