A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does

Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got.

When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off.

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment

Of all the judgements we pass, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.

Here we raise his children for him, cook for him, bring up his crops, butcher his hogs - even fight his wars for him - and he still won't acknowledge our existence.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

Those who saw Pope John Paul II either in person or through the mass media glimpsed a man who millions of Catholics believe may be one of the greatest popes in the history of the church.

You can look at the propaganda on a lot of the terrorists sites, and what Donald Trump says about Muslims is used to recruit fighters, because they want to create a war between us.

To hit 100 miles per hour, that's something. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but it's something I can do and think about.

I'm very musically inclined. My parents were opera singers. As a young child, I could hear operas and I knew if they were sad, or if they reminded me of something, or they brought back a memory.

In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

There are bits of the literal future right here, right now, if you know how to look for them.