My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.

Our situation, with global warming and air quality and all of that, has gotten to be catastrophic.

I'm making a great effort because sometimes life is not enjoyable. Sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's agonizing even, so I think once you get around those humps: strive for pleasure and peace.

You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy.

I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it.