According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.

Mozart combined high formality and playfulness that delights as no other composition in any other medium does.

People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.

Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round.

Cats have intercepted my footsteps at the ankle for so long that my gait, both at home and on tour, has been compared to that of a man wading through low surf.

The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.

I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs'.

The stench of wolf—especially an Alpha—is very difficult to get out."Then you should keep your distance, ” she shot back.

They'd pay attention to me less. They'd judge me by gender, by looks, by weight before anything else. I automatically started every interaction at a disadvantage.

I've never been in the top three of Sports Personality. And I won't be in the top three again. You have just got to accept what it is.

We all exist in our own personal reality of craziness.

What you're getting excited about is not A face, but a feminine face.

Only grace-large doses, frequently displayed, released-will restore the wounded.

What I say to an artist is, 'When you can't paint - paint.

What's exciting about using our mind is that we can short circuit all the excuses thrown up by our fears.

Life is a one-way street and you're not coming back.

Until I know this sure uncertainty, I'll entertain the offered fallacy.