I have to remind myself that I've always known this: Evolution is not for everybody.

I've said this before, and I say it again. Bagels can be an enormous power for good or for evil. It is up to us to decide how we will use them.

The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

I believe it is impossible to make sense of life in this world except through art.

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

Some women have said, 'Gee, here I am getting involved with this fat guy, what will people think of me?' But they were converted and sometimes surprised.

Hoboken is a neat place.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.” From “The Education of Robert Nifkin

Well my gun fires seven different shades of shit, so what's your favorite color, punk?

An educated man should know everything about something and something about everything

You will never know everything. Knowledge unfolds as we move forward. Sitting back and waiting to know everything before we do anything is a waste of life.~ I Am Another You

the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls

Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

We were pleased to hear the President state his firm commitment that he will do whatever is necessary to accomplish this important goal.

In a world of upward mobility, choose downward servility.

When I found out I was pregnant, my mother said, 'Dont separate your life, the life that youre going to make with this child, from the things that you are and what you want to do.'

Pray for great things, expect great things, work for great things, but above all pray.

The movement is contagious, and the people in it are the ones who pass on the spirit.