I’m not sure how people drink out of skulls, ” Jinx added. Calvin had too many holes in him to make a good cup.

...if you spent all your time being protected, you never got to find out anything new.

Hm. Didn’t you use to be a lot smaller?”“Yes, ” said Jinx. “Because I used to be six.

Most times and in most circumstances, what hinders real progress is never anything big, but the small things we least regard that impede real thinking and action for progress!

Each day is a dry leaf, which never comes back to life again.

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

When we empower Iran, then get ready for more unrest and more murder and more violence in the Middle East.

Life imitates art but art intimidates life.

The people who do the most extraordinary things in the world are never "realistic." They're passionate. They trust themselves.

I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image.

As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed. It must overtake its predecessors before it can pass by them.

Nothing has ever opened my eyes like transcendental meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what’s a pretty chaotic life!

Nothing keeps me awake at night. I keep other people awake at night.