There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

Chance gives rise to thoughts and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them.

I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture art and architecture and learned of the existence of the game of GO which I still play.

Like most people my age my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous lifestyle where I'm constantly in situations to acquire amazing anecdotes that's it.

My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am that character... It's a complicated bag of tools I acquired and I've put them all to work onstage.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him familiarly and with confidence and love as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

In a world that is constantly changing there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore acquire contentment.

Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.