I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

An idea is salvation by imagination

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.

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

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

A good liar must have a good memory.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.