Quotes by Richard J. Needham

“What is success in this world? I would say it consists of four simple things -- to live a lot, to love a lot, to laugh a lot, and from it all, to learn a lot.”

“I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.”

“Strong people make as many and as ghastly mistakes as weak people. The difference is that strong people admit them, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.”

“When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem”

“To create a housing shortage in a huge country, heavily wooded, with a small population -- ah, thats proof of pure political genius.”

“God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.”

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.

People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters using the voters own money.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

When a man tells me hes run out of steam in the sex department Ill tell him Count your blessings youve escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. Enjoy!