Men are like microwave ovens; they heat up immediately, but things start to boil over after about three minutes. Women are like conventional ovens; they take twenty minutes to heat up, but can go on cooking for hours.

Adolescence is a kind of slavery cleverly disguised as freedom.

Never rely on your friends for money, or on your money for friends.

The best thing about fear is that it provides a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate courage.

If you are completely comfortable with your life, and feeling absolutely no anxiety, then you are probably coasting, and not really growing.

Excessive wealth is a great problem masquerading as a great good.

The young think about how they'll change the world, the old think about how the world has changed.