Bobby Darin

My entire life can be described in one sentence. It didn’t go as planned and that’s OK.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

There is nothing ever wrong with ability, ambition, achievement; but they can easily be wronged by being used to bad ends.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good.

We now know that anything which is economically right is also morally right. There can be no conflict between good economics and good morals.

No matter how carefully and assiduously and how deeply you bury shit, the American public will find it and buy it in large quantity, It’s true, absolutely true.

I feel like I got a pile of cattle chasing my ass, and I’m pedaling as hard as I can to stay in front of ‘em. I’m looking behind me driving like hell.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, take the calculated risk, and take action!

We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.

If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

You don’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.