In every man's writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.

She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.

Of all the things in nature, the formation and endowment of man was singled out by the ancients.

During the next four years...unless drastic steps are taken by Congress, the U.S. will have nearly 8,000,000 unemployed and will stand on the brink of a deep depression.

9/11 references are like Lay's potato chips...no Congress can make just one.

To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a piece of wood, that there are almost no mechanics involved.

Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with my band; he just wanted me on acoustic guitar.

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence. Or insanity.

Wouldn't that put a twist in your toga?