We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.

Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.

Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't have the vote, apparently; he just has his duties.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.

Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.

Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.

Hillary Clinton essentially offers a third Obama term. And the role is perfect for her. She championed 'Obamacare' because years earlier she had all but invented it.

I think I was probably always a liar; I just get paid for it now.

When your daughter asks you to be a fairy for her 5th birthday party... you better be a damned fairy.

I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine.

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students.

I went to Bard College for a year. And then, even though I didn't think I should give my blood to the theater, I did go to N.Y.U., which is where I met Michael McKean.

Dinner parties are still highly popular, and I believe they always will be.

Did you know that Kodak actually invented the digital camera that ultimately put it out of business? Kodak had the patents and a head start, but ignored all that.

It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear.

Kansas City, I would say, did more for jazz music, black music, than any other influence at all. Almost all their joints that they had there, they used black bands. Most musicians who amounted to anything, they would flock to Kansas City because that's the place where jobs were plentiful.

It's always good to go against your friends, especially when you come out victorious.

I first came across Chadron, Nebraska, by accident in 1994.

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.

Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone's got their own character, and that's the thing that's amazed me about guitar playing since the day I first picked it up. Everyone's approach to what can come out of six strings is different from another person, but it's all valid.

Life is more valuable than money.

The very damaging frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

My parents still treat Christmas like I'm thirteen years old.

We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.

The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the glow of its life.

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's 'How are your parents doing?'

Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles.