Elderly people are like heat-seeking missiles for people who really have an interest in listening.

Nobody wants to disappoint the boss and get fired. But if the boss hasn't said this is important, it's going to die a slow death in bureaucracy and that explains a lot of the problems.

We can use laws to prosecute and make people think twice before going to do something like blowing up Buddhas and other things.

Look, do you see that poem?' she said suddenly, pointing.

Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself.

Alexander Graham Bell was the first person to ever sarcastically say hello. Hellooo, I invented the telephone!

I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen.

After all, the reporters are the ones who get to ask the questions.

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.

Believe there is good in the world.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

Listen,' Clover said. 'Don't worry about not being able to come back, I've lived both places, and trust me, you won't be getting the short end of the stick if you end up in Foo. I mean, candy alone.

The water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble.