You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

“If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.”

“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.”

“There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else.”

“We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.”

“I like life. It’s something to do.”

“To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.”

“Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, / And toss them on the wheels of Chance.”

“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.”

Men are simple things. They can survive a whole weekend with only three things: beer, boxer shorts and batteries for the remote control.