An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays.
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
When in doubt wear red.
The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
You are remembered for the rules you break.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone - many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long.
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.