May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

I don't know Who is cranking; I'm pleased He doesn't stop.

Yetişkinlik, insanın ölmek zorunda olduğunu anladığı yaş olarak tanımlanabilir... ve cezasını dehşete düşmeden kabullendiği

The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion ... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself - ultimate cost for perfect value.

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.

The saddest thing about ephemerals was that their little lives rarely held time enough for love.