Curiosity was a bad character trait for a private investigator to have. It created work.

Lord, You made us and gave us breath. May we do justice, love and mercy, and walk honorably before you this day. By the precious name of Jesus, I ask for your help to do this. Amen.

They talked in the shorthand of old friends and shared memories.

The mind when it has an old experience will add that data into its current experience, and it keeps coming up with wrong answers.

The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.

My particular passion for Lincoln dates back from my earliest memories of politics.

A woman who feels ugly can go to the best party and have a terrible time, but a woman who likes the way she looks can go to a funeral and have a marvellous time.

Drawn by conceit from reason's plan How vain is that poor creature man; How pleas'd in ev'ry paltry elf To grate about that thing himself.

As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.

I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film.

Oh! Your hand is cold." Ashley cupped her fingers against her shirt to warm them. "I've been dead for seven years," Noah said. "That's as warm as they get.

What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.

I went to New York for a research trip, just because it has these iconic street canyons. It's one of the few cities that has sidewalks that are wide enough for a sea of umbrellas to be there.