"Use what talents you have; the woods would have little music if no birds sang their song except those who sang best."

"Parents are never as bad as kids think they are."

"My mother said to me, if you go into the military, you will become a general. If you go into the clergy, you will become Pope. Instead, I became an artist, and I am Piccaso."

"We are who people think we are."

"I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few."

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground."

"To each mortal peradventure earth becomes a new machine."

"How you treat others is a direct reflection of how you feel about yourself."

"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."

"To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice."

"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."

"There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich."