The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong. He can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.

God is a verb not a noun.

Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.

Everything else happened - why not the things that could have?

The joy of life is to put out one's power in some natural and useful or harmless way. There is no other. And the real misery is not to do this.

We have to restore confidence that the marketplace can deliver services as well as it can goods.