Give me immortality or give me death.

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Today Americans would be outraged if U. N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all people of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

"To do is to be" - Socrates; "To be is to do" - Jean-Paul Sartre; "Do-be-do-be-do" - Frank Sinatra

The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

You're never too old to become younger.

Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

I see the mind of the 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and creativeness.

Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.

He talked with more claret than clarity.

It is bad luck to be superstitious.

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.