I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority.

Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room

There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.

We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth

Compulsion is the death of friendship.

We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

Jack, you've debauched my sloth.

I don't trust words. I trust actions

There are some fights none of us can win.

As my mother used to say: "Mimic a duck act calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like crazy underneath."

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

Alaskans are basically 'leave me alone' type people who respect and embrace different strokes.

The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.

Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.

The way that I rationalize making photographs is because you're countering what's offensively mass-produced with something that you just want more people to see.

To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn't deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.

Remember this, classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.