The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

In professional work - certainly in the arts and graphics - 99% of people have zero courage. They blow with the wind.

The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.

I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.

Anything where we're the butt of the joke, no one tells us about it.

I got into my usual obsessive writing frenzy, using all the material I'd worked on for so long and crafting it into a little novel [Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries].

When I was a teenager I loved acting, but I really just loved it for myself. I didn't like the fact that anyone else saw the work I was doing

Some fool aims to go to heaven; some clever knows that there isn't any; and some intelligent tries to create one with his own effort! Be intelligent!

Anybody who's been married to a man for forty odd years knows he's all talk.

Hidden behind your fears and your failures is the success you seek.

The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.