Dogs are in on our human silliness; lions are not.

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

There is room in history for all of us.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.

We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.

A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?

No...No...We don't walk away but when we're holding on to something precious we run. We run away. We run as fast as we can.

Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.

I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.

How could I not have seen this coming, when I looked into your eyes and vowed to be with you forever?

I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic!

It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father.

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.

There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.

I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon, and I wanted to make a difference soon.

You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably not a bad person. They probably want to do the right thing. But they can't.