Dean Martin

"You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts"

"Dreams are necessary to life"

"Fear is the root of all suffering, and laughter is the cure"

"I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back"

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"

"Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand"

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power and a martini"

"Nothing's impossible if you don't have to do it yourself"

"I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day"

"The world is full of people who have never read a book in their lives and they're perfectly happy"

"You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass"

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye"

"The only time to eat diet food is while waiting for the steak to cook"

"I drink to forget, but I forget to drink"

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"

"The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, the rest is easy"

"Life without music would be like a body without a soul"

"A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished"

"You can learn more from people than from books, but only if you're willing to listen"

"The trick to life is not to be the best at what you do, but to make it look easy"

"I've got nothing to declare except my genius and my debts"

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of"

"You can talk about anything you want, but facts are what matter in the end"

"Kindness is like snow, it beautifies everything it covers"

"Life is what happens when you're making other plans"

"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature"

"An unexamined life is not worth living"

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates talented people from successful ones is a lot of hard work"

"I never met a man I didn't want to fight just a little bit"

"The world is full of wonderful things you haven't discovered yet"