A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

Success without a successor is a failure

From a cleansed conscience emerges a changed life.

If your life is ever going to get better you'll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances.

I wanted it in the way you sometimes want to jump into very cold water, even though you know it won't feel good. I wanted to go numb. To see what it felt like to be someone else.

Farid had brought an invisible guest with him. Fear.

My dreams are my dress rehearsals for my future.

The way you dress is extremely important. It demonstrates your spirit. It's the guise through which the world evaluates and views you.

The more syllables a euphemism has, the further divorced from reality it is.

I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.

A great mind is a good sailor, as a great heart is.