I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears.

Like true philosophers I've come to believe that religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown after proper education.

People loved you in the way they knew how - and often it was not the way you knew. Or needed.

He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire. Yeah, that was the life.

Cops before breakfast.Before coffee even. As if Mondays weren't bad enough.

If there was one life skill everyone on the planet needed, it was the ability to think with critical objectivity

Rachel delivered it like an official pronouncement. Like she was one of the fairies gifting Sleeping Beauty's christening: Beauty. Intelligence. Heterosexual.

To find them all in one package...well, perhaps better not to dwell on his package in my fragile state.

I thought of the words of the Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. "If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

The only thing worse than opera is someone who hums along with opera.

I don't know if real courage lies in storming barricades or simply not denying the truth.

Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.

Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

Sudah gue bilang: punk is only hibernating, not dead!

If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.

I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.

But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.

Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.