I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Katey's the hottest bookworm you'll ever meet. If you took all the books that she's read and piled them in a stack, you could climb to the Milky Way.

Those who do not care, escape the anguish of mourning but never know the delights of love. The meaning of life forever eludes them.

I love presents, But since I've gotten older, I haven't really wanted anything. Christmas is about family.

If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.

Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.

I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed.

The chief end of missions is the supremacy of God in the joy of all peoples.

Hanson? Yeah, I've heard of them, I saw them perform and they have an interesting sound. I wish them every success.

I don't need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.