He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.

Oh. I see. People don't want to see what can't possibly exist.

It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever, " he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?

How do you get all those coins?" asked Mort.IN PAIRS.

His granny taught him to read, see. I reckon it overheated his mind.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.

And he goes around killing people?” said Mort. He shook his head. “There’s no justice.”Death sighed. No, he said... there’s just me.

It struck Mort with sudden, terrible poignancy that Death must be the loneliest creature in the universe. In the great party of Creation, he was always in the kitchen.

The best part of living in constant terror is you always have a place to live.

I think that the very earliest influence was a horror of having to work in a bank or an office, a desire for a free and creative life.

The stillness of God is perfect. Nothing has to be added to it. Nothing can be taken away.

The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both. [The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between both.]

You can't put cuffs on Mr. Cluck! What will the kids think?" Stuart Bagget

I do think that Social Security reform needs to be bipartisan, and we are going to have to reach that in this debate at some time before we can find really meaningful reform.

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds. After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I’m just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.

I always considered Ray Harryhausen's work so fine that it was way out of my league: in terms of realism and naturalism, in terms of animal movement.

Patience means knowing it will happen . . . and giving it time to happen.