Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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

Freedom is from within.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.