Quotes from Robert Brault

There is a public me and a private me, who, if they were separate people, probably wouldn't exchange Christmas cards.

If you aren't sure who you are, you might as well work on who you want to be.

I complain that the years fly past, but then I look in a mirror and see that very few of them actually got past.

I look back on the time I've wasted, and I'm just glad I wasted it while I still had the chance.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, not forgetting to leave others be as you would have them leave you be.

Sign over the gates of hell: "Doesn't mean you're a bad person."

Eventually you come to realize that most people aren't looking for a fight but for someone to surrender to.

Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone's toes, pretty much the same as life.

Man, in his sensitivity, does not give names to animals he intends to eat but goes on giving names to children he intends to send to war.

Genius is a plodding intellect, incapable of dreaming up the obstacles that stop the rest of us.

Happiness is having a dream you cannot let go of and a partner who would never ask you to.

The best solution seldom requires that someone be right and someone else be wrong.

O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see.

Ah, the things we would do if we could — especially in the secure knowledge that we can't.

Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists.

I've concluded, after many years, that my mind works by process of elimination. Problem is, it hasn't eliminated anything yet.

My quest for cosmic understanding is a book I have picked up and put down many times, always forgetting to insert a bookmark.

What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt.

Often, what seems an impossible climb is just a staircase without the steps drawn in.

You can't postpone sorrow, so why would you postpone happiness?

You can as easily love without trusting as you can hug without embracing.

Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?"

Oh, the things that go through my mind that I never say. Oh, the things I say that never go through my mind.

Once you find someone to share your ups and downs, downs are almost as good as ups.