Given the choice between a woman and a cigar, I will always choose the cigar.
There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe. ' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone. ' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut. ' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size. ' And he told me.
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward
I even move out onto the front porch and see my own limited view of the world. I want to take that world, and for the first time ever, I feel like I can do it. I’ve survived everything I’ve had to so far. I’m still standing here.
I'll say American for now. I really have no preference, though. Nationality is nothing. It's all about the girl - but she has to be curvy!