“The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.”

One of the great virtues of our democratic system is that only one of the candidates gets elected.

Hard work is often the easy work you did not do at the proper time.

Some show it through their toil. Some breathe it into music, Some mold it into art, Some shape it into bread loaves… Some hold it in their hearts.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along – whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.

A true buddy is a person who thinks that you’ll be a fantastic egg although he is aware that you are somewhat cracked.

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.

Topcats often begin as underdogs.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.

Distinctions are no longer made, or deemed necessary, between the real and the false; the edge usually goes to the latter, as an improved version with defects corrected – accessible and user-friendly.

The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.

It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb.

That, you could conclude mordantly, is the real soundtrack of our time: the amplification of the self-evident toward the creation of paralyzing, preëmptive paranoia.

In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I’m a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive.

If you’ve driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it’s like a golf course… Real estate values go ‘boom!’

There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.

If your real wages are declining, your job is at risk, you fear your children will be worse off than you are