Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

Paradise is too perfect for humanity.

If women want to be appreciated for what we're saying, we've got to wear turtlenecks and long pants.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

From the egg to the apple.

People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.

Why don't I talk about Big Data? Because I am focused on intelligent answers and not speeds and feeds. It doesn't matter if it is quick if it's the wrong answer.

Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.

Every good educator knows that true teaching is to teach kids how to ask the right questions.

Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality