I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.

No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.

If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.

I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs.... Perhaps I am an exception.

That was such a wonderful time, even in its strangeness and sadness-and life isn't the same now. It's wonderful, but it isn't the same.

a perfectly managed Christmas correct in every detail is, like basted inside seams and letters answered by return, a sure sign of someone who hasn't enough to do.

Hope hurt more than the cold.

I just focus on my work with inner-city kids, and in my community, and on my philanthropic work.

Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.

It was Thomas Jefferson who said that we should not allow the courts to have a monopoly on the interpretation of what is constitutional and what is not.

A clear conscience is absolutely essential for distinguishing between the voice of God and the voice of the enemy. Unconfessed sin is a prime reason why many do not know God's will.