It's very easy to go down, so always live up. Incline yourself upward.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

A great teacher not only teaches, but they also encourage and appreciate improvement.

Water is the driving force in nature.

Light has no value if there is no darkness.

I have great affection for you, Roy" I answered, "but I don't think you are the sort of person I'd care to have breakfast with.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on at that point we smash.

There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

As one Israeli said, "It's a big mistake for Israel to say it 'won' the war, when there was no war. There were no battles...no military enemy in the field."

Hard work, is the best medicine yet devised for all the ills of man- and of woman.