Berg paid his way with stories.

The rhythms of the game complemented the lifestyle he preferred.

He tried juggling with raw eggs – but only once.

Potential was a red herring to plot a life of wandering curiosity.

Berg was proud of his storytelling to the point where he collected stories about telling stories.

A father's aim is to raise children who themselves raise good citizens.

Love is being honest with yourself at all timesbeing honest with the other person at all timestelling, listening, respecting the truthand never pretendingLove is the source of reality

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.

I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.

The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

I think an amnesty program... which is what the president (George W. Bush) has proposed... those are reasonable proposals.

The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.

As long as every question is answered by the word "God," scientific inquiry is simply impossible.

She didn't strike me as a "crossword in ink" kind of girl