Happy. And then I got afraid that it would vanish as quickly as it came. That it was accidental-- that I didn't deserve it. It's like this very, very nice car crash that never ends.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.

To shift your life in a desired direction, you must powerfully shift your subconscious.

We should not expect everyone to be tough and not feel anything when offended. No one is meant to hate and be hated — we are all meant to love and be loved.

When you're taught by great people whose milestone achievements has been noted, you could only expect greatness.

Vanya soon found that America might be an exciting place to arrive, but living there could become, in time, as boring as anything else.

Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.

Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware.

This game the Persian Magi did invent, The force of Eastern wisdom to express: From thence to busy Europeans sent, And styled by modern Lombards pensive chess.

There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts.

There are truths, and there are legends touched with truth, and all can teach you something.

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on.