Hidni Quotes

I have no special talent.

I am only passionately curious.

We find ourselves under the government of

a system of political institutions,

conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty,

than any of which the history of former times tells us.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me,

but I think she enjoyed it.

We are wiser than we know.

Sex is part of nature.

I go along with nature.

I never went to school more than six months in my life,

but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections,

I remember how,

when a mere child,

I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me

in a way I could not understand.

When angry, count to four;

when very angry, swear.

One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is

to invent your way out.

Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

Change is necessary for progress.

Everything has its wonders,

even darkness and silence,

and I learn,

whatever state I may be in,

therein to be content.

People love chopping wood.

In this activity one immediately sees results.

Humor is a tool for surviving life’s challenges.

You make 'em,

I amuse 'em.

My first day in Chicago,

September 4 1983,

I set foot in this city,

and just walking down the street,

it was like roots,

like the motherland.

I knew I belonged here.

Self

pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it,

we can never do anything wise in this world.

Authenticity is everything in art.

If Singapore is a nanny state,

then I am proud to have fostered one.