Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I don't know of any other country where the accountant enjoys a higher social and moral status.

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

Even the human heart is slightly left of centre.

We are always in the place of beginning; there is no advance in infinity.

The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.

This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.

Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns.

The bible should be taught so early and so thoroughly that it sinks straight to the bottom of the mind where everything that comes along can settle on it.

It seems clear that the Bible belongs to an area of language in which metaphor is functional, and were we have to surrender precision for flexibility.

Love gives you knees to crawl, feet to run, legs to sprint, and wings to soar.

Luck of money is never poverty.

Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.

I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, it's being a good teammate, having the respect of my teammates, having the respect of the coaches and players. That's important to me.

True realism, materialist realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content detached from human interest.

Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale.

I try to give everyone options because no matter what you think you're going to wear, what you actually put on depends totally on how you feel.

Happy the land where the writers are sad, the merchants satisfied, the rich melancholic, and the populace content.

They condemn what they do not understand.

It is something, I thought, when a king can put a courtesan to the blush.