I was not merely cleaning an oven

You cannot choose your face but you can choose your dress.

I steal a glance when no one is looking. Especially at his neck, when he turns to say something to my mother. That slender neck, with its air of determination, brisk and bold…

Perhaps we are not really sinners in the hands of an angry God, after all. Perhaps we are all more like seedlings in the hands of a wise gardener.

An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty.

Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money.

A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.

While men are gazing up to Heaven, imagining after a happiness, or fearing a Hell after they are dead, their eyes are put out, that they see not what is their birthright.

Science robs men of wisdom and usually converts them into phantom beings loaded up with facts.

Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.