Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.

We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience almost beyond our capacity at times but something to be carried high.

I'm a survivor and I can handle anything. I'm very confident about that.

I was a brilliant student. I always try to be the best.

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".

My heart is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian. That is how I feel.

Regardless of how dark and heavy the character is the actor has to approach it with that frame of mind.

If all you do is follow the herd, you'll just be stepping in poop all day