Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. Autumn is the time when seasons merge because of bare necessity. Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. Who so loves believes the impossible. The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value A narcissist is someone better looking than you are. Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts. When ideas fail, words come in very handy. The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel. Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Everything has been figured out, except how to live. I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. I'll sleep when I'm dead. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.We have art to save ourselves from the truth. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore to this day. The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera. Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. Who so loves believes the impossible. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a shp, 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. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Autumn is the time when seasons merge because of bare necessity. We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. All right, Brain, I don't like you and you don't like me -- so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer. The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. Hatch a dream and then believe it. Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it. Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Black holes are where God divided by zero. The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it. A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. Logic is in the eye of the logician.In the end, everything is a gag. Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. I'll sleep when I'm dead. The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel. The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. Talent does what it can; genius does what it must The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. God, please save me from your followers! When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours. Black holes are where God divided by zero. Logic is in the eye of the logician.