I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown….

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them….

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had….

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself….

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen….

Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen….

Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen….

Your first appearance, he said to me, is the gauge by which you will be measured; try to manage that you may go beyond yourself in after times, but beware of ever doing less….

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward….

If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything….