One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised to learn the language before entering. Before I ever set out for the United States, I asked a friend if I should study American. His answer was unequivocal. "On no account," he said. "The more English you sound, the more likely you are to be believed."

I am told that you regret not what you did but what you didn't do; and so that's why I do everything, so as not to have any regrets.

Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.

I now realize that education is a last wild effort on the part of the authorities to prevent an overdose of leisure from driving the world mad. Learning is no longer an improver; it is merely the most expensive time-filler the world has ever known.

Exhibitionists have no friends, no friends at all.

Believe in fate, but lean forward where fate can see you.

The court was not previously aware of the prisoner's many accomplishments. In view of these, we see fit to impose the death penalty.