Fifty-five crystal spheres geared to God's crankshaft is my idea of a satisfying universe. I can't think of anything more trivial than quarks, quasars, big bangs and black holes.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Give us this day our daily mask.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

To Be Filled With The Knowledge Of God’s Glory Is To Be As The Water Cover The Sea

He's the meanest one. We call him..Byrd the Turd

Honey, I work for money not love.

The notion that you can endanger your physical and mental health by letting strong passions go unsatisfied is a vicious falsehood.

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper.

To play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way.

I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.

The Maker is the one who is part of what he makes.

Let the young rain of tears come, let the calm hands of grief come. It's not all as evil as you think.

The weakest faith gets the same strong Christ as does the strongest faith.