Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.

In a highly performing team everyone achieves better than he/she would have achieved when working alone.

I am not particularly interested insaving time I prefer to enjoy it.

With…love of wind, there is no surer test of genuine Nature instinct that this. Any body can love sunshine.

Tell me it's forbidden, unthinkable, and that's where I want to go. Because the chances are it's complicated, and the complications are meaningful.

Most people think that aging is genetic and yet if your parents lived to age 80+ that will add three years to your life.

Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen's possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations involved in life in society.

I have my heroes. Some of whom are still alive, and unfortunately many that aren't.

I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification.

The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.