Frasier

"You can't buy happiness, but you can buy a fishing trip, which is about the same thing."

"A man's word is his bond - unless he's a politician, then all bets are off."

"Time waits for no man, so you might as well waste it doing something you enjoy."

"I may not know much about art, but I know what I like - and it usually involves fishing."

"Education is important, but common sense is rarer and worth more."

"The only constant in life is change, and my back pain."

"It takes courage to admit you don't know everything, which is why I do it so rarely."

"Hope is what keeps a man going when everything else fails - that and a good poker hand."

"Family is the one thing you can't get rid of, believe me, I've tried."

"Friendship is like a good steak - rare, well-done, or somewhere in the middle, but always satisfying."

"Never trust a man who doesn't look you in the eye. Also, don't trust a man who looks too hard - he's probably hiding something."

"You've got to work hard if you want to amount to anything - unlike my boy Frasier, who amounts to nothing and still works hard."

"I didn't spend thirty years in the Army to understand fancy talk. A spade is a spade, and a good martini is a good martini."

"The key to happiness is simple: keep your expectations low and your whiskey higher."

"Marriage is like a good pair of shoes - comfortable, reliable, and if you're lucky, they don't give you blisters."

"A man's home is his castle, and I'll be damned if anyone's going to put a doily on my throne."

"You know, I've learned that life is a lot like fishing - you cast your line and hope something bites, but mostly you just sit there getting wet."

"Inspiration comes to the prepared mind."

"Motivation without action is mere fantasy."

"Death is simply the period at the end of life's sentence."

"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages."

"Time teaches what youth refuses to learn."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."

"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."

"Change is inevitable; resistance is futile."

"Hope is the oxygen of the human soul."

"Peace is a state of mind, not a state of the world."

"Freedom without wisdom leads to chaos."

"Truth must be spoken with compassion."

"Solitude allows for genuine self-reflection."