If you were mean to your parents, they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you flying across the room.

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.

Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.

I say, Billy, what’s the use in playing croquet when you’re doomed? He says, Frankie, what’s the use of not playing croquet when you’re doomed?

I learned the significance of my own insignificant life.

After a full belly all is poetry.

It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen

A mother's love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her, You'll miss her when she's gone -- Angela's Ashes.

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.

Age is artificial. It's soulless. It doesn't matter one bit.

In the long run every government is the exact symbol of its people with their wisdom and unwisdom.

I love the idea of doing totally different types of guys for different projects. I love that I get to do this. It's so fun.

Attractive things work better When you wash and wax a car, it drives better, doesn’t it? Or at least feels like it does.

I like being able to provide consistent and frequent literary choices for my fans.

I will roar argon into chlorine, xenon into fluorine, all the noble gases into reactive ones My lament will terrify even the stars.

Competition is about passion for perfection, and passion for other people who join in this impossible quest.

That girl had the subtlety of a Spencer’s Gifts shop.

The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledge. You feel sort of annoying.

Do the work, enjoy the work, take it seriously, don't take yourself seriously and keep your head down!