Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.

I don’t need money, or, better, it’s not money that I need; it’s not even power; I need only what is obtained by power and simply cannot be obtained without power: the solitary and calm awareness of strength! That is the fullest definition of freedom, which the world so struggles over!

Dreams seem to be spurred on not by reason but by desire, not by the head but by the heart, and yet what complicated tricks my reason has played sometimes in dreams.

Ladies grab your fellas and let’s do this right If you’re on one like me in mind

Don’t be confused by my smile ‘Cause I ain’t ever been more for real

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

When a magician waves his hand and says, ‘This is where the magic is happening,’ the real trick is happening somewhere else. Misdirection.