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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.

I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

To survive, you must tell stories.

But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

If you know what you want to do, you have the opportunity to become who you want.

If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.

Practice every time you get a chance.

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

One of the turning points of my life was when I got my first bait-casting outfit.

Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent.

It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component.

The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet.

I don't know that you can compare it to another show because each show has its own individuality.

When people 'succeed' they tend to party, when they 'fail' they tend to ponder.