I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.