Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt thee.

Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will.

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.

Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.

I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one.

The fear of women is the beginning of knowledge.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.

If in the last few years you have not discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress.

Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress.

Never having been able to succeed in the world, he took his revenge by speaking ill of it.

Truth exists only lies are invented.

While making art you should just do what is in your heart.

Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.

I think the first picture taken is often the best one.

The 9/11 terrorist attack was a faith-based initiative.

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

Friends will not only live in harmony, but in melody.

Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing a gospel song?

With [Samuel] Eto'o, I talked a lot about his great career and how I could become a better player.