One can be bored until boredom becomes a mystical experience.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Belief attracts something

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.

I always feel like I don't know how to express myself. I need to be with people that understand my language.

Tears? Are you going for a Barbara Walters moment?

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you.- Desmond Tutu In the end, kids won't remember that fancy toy or game you bought for them, they will remember the time you spent with them.

When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.

I really - as I said, I wanted to be President of the United States. It didn't turn out that way.

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.