"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell."

"A Muslim who meets with others and shares their burdens is better than one who lives a life of seclusion and contemplation."

"Trust in Allah, but tie your camel."

"That's how my life is now: I'm walking without fear, and if there are mistakes to be made, I'll make them, learn from them, and keep going."

"Love is what we call the situation which occurs when two people who are sexually comptatible discover that they can also tolerate one another in various other circumstances."

"The use of the word 'just' by an Australian means that whatever it is you have to do, it will not be easy, as in 'Just pull that sword out of the stone' or 'Just split that atom'."

"Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment."

"A happy marriage is the world's best bargain."

"To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia."

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."

"Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process."

"There is no joy in a life that is all information. There is no 'juice' to that kind of life. No sweetness, no color. Like trading a beautiful golden-ripe orange for a stalk of whithered broccoli."