Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do.

— Sidney Sheldon

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

— Sidney Sheldon

Life is a cosmic grab-bag. At this moment, somewhere in the world, someone is losing a child, skiing down a mountain, having an orgasm, getting a haircut, lying on a bed of pain, singing on a stage, drowning, getting married, starving in a gutter. In the end, aren't we all that same person? An eon is a thousand million years, and an eon ago every atom in our bodies was a part of a star. Pay attention to me, God. We are all a part of your universe, and if we die, part of your universe dies with us.

— Sidney Sheldon

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

— Sidney Sheldon

Not now. It's too late. It was always too late.

— Sidney Sheldon

Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.

— Sidney Sheldon

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

— Sidney Sheldon

The difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.

— Sidney Sheldon

To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.

— Sidney Sheldon

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

— Sidney Sheldon