“Familiar things are a comfort to us all.”

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

If I’d known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can’t remember a single project I would have started.

A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?”. She doesn’t care what you think.

Vegetarian – that’s an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.

Most of us believe everyone has a right to his own opinion – as long as it agrees with ours.

Don’t take a butcher’s advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he’d be a chef.

I’ve learned, That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

Most of us aren’t that interested in getting rich- we just don’t want to get poor.

I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that’s why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.

Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.

I’ve learned, That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.

Whoever’s calm and sensible is insane!

Through discipline comes freedom.

The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm.

When you’re tempted to get upset, remind yourself, you have the power to remain calm.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The desire for peace is universal.

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.