In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction-I've worked hard for them!

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.

Oh that I could have the cross painted on my eyeballs, that I could not see anything except through the medium of my Savior’s passion!

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence.

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.

Beginning with exercise, the best training program available for real results is circuit training.

This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.

Perhaps the greatest challenge has been trying to keep my time to myself and my private life private in order to do my job. Everything that is most mine belongs to everyone now.