"Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'"

"Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway."

"The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win."

"Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you."

"We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous."

"No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough."

"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically."

"What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public."