“As I got older and things got more fixed and I couldn’t do anything about them and I had health problems – a couple of heart attacks, long hospital stays, this, that, the other – when things get settled like that, you make a deal, or you don’t, and that…

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”

“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”

“Happiness is not by chance but by choice.”

“The constant happiness is curiosity.”

“The greatest potential for growth and self-realization exists in the second half of life.”