William Shakespeare

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!

This above all: to thine own self be true.

He that dies pays all debts.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

I don’t like to read books. They muss up my mind.

We have only started with the development of our country-we have not as yet, with all our talk of wonderful progress, done more than scratch the surface.

The present method of producing milk is too laborious. I believe that we can make milk by scientific process, eliminating the cow.

They said eyes are the key to the soul, and after looking into yours, I know you’ve unlocked mine.

Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.

I have some wonderful friends from the Mideast that are as red, white and blue as anybody you know, that have been harassed, and I think it’s a terrible, terrible thing.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

I know nothing and my heart aches.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

Maybe in the 90s or possibly in the next century people will look upon the 80s as the age of masturbation, when it was taken to the limit; that might be all that’s going on right now in a big way.

Imitate, assimilate and innovate.