"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it"

"Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places"

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do"

"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy"

"Health is not valued till sickness comes"

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

"Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music."

"I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop"

"A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure"

"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done."

"It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?"

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"”