There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

An idea is salvation by imagination

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.