If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

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.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

In the end, everything is a gag.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Where there is love there is life.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.