Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

We think too much and feel too little.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one