Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Life may look to be made up of incredible coincidences. One problem. I don’t believe in coincidences. I believe in twists of fate.

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?

The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.

It is given to us to live for the most part under the guidance of mathematics ... It is impossible to distinguish from other living creatures anyone who does not understand how to quantify.

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.

When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.

If I had a day to myself I would just play video games with my brothers.

A politicians willingness to listen to good advice rises in inverse proportion to how badly he thinks he is doing.

Being a father is just wonderful.

You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.