How selfish and dark it was to count my blessings based on another's hell

People make promises that they have every intention of keeping at the time but when it comes to cashing in, suddenly the promise loses all value.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand.

Yesterday, some hooligans knocked over a dustbin in Shaftesbury.

Time flies apace-we would fain believe that everything flies forward with it.

Japan is really advanced. They don't go to the beach. The beach comes to them.

being made happy isn't receiving something new, it's being made to understand what we have.

People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.

My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.

There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.

I don't want to impose on anyone else and make anyone else emotional or anything. I tend to quietly cry, kind of turn away.

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.