The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

You weremoon's eye to mepull and grained and mantling' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew

What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.

The gods have sent medicines for the venom of serpents, but there is no medicine for a bad woman. She is more noxious than the viper, or than fire itself.

You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?

I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.

You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.

If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.

I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because entertainment is sort of where it's at.