That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.
I was as scared as I'd ever been. There was screaming everywhere now, and more bodies on the floor, and the press from behind was as relentless as a bulldozer. It was all I could do to keep on my feet.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.