In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it.

You never know who's going to be in the audience. You never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the first time, and you never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the last time.

When we all sing with one voice, the world will stop and listen.

Success lasts only three seconds. After that you're the same as you were before you had it.

Satan and all his agents, with all their combined strength and subtilty, cannot separate one soul from Christ.

You don't see something until you have the right metaphor to perceive it.

There's no future in being poor.

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.

I don't want to write every week, it's too much trouble, and I shall only write when I want something. If you think I'm sick when I don't write, you can send for me to come and tell you.

Living in this world, the person we are most unfamiliar with is probably ourselves.

We are soon approaching a refined holiday, "Merry Mas, " where Christ will be taken out of its context.

You see, I don't belive that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, that has been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay attention.

I want to find something else, unknowable, some place that's not on the map. A real adventure.

Definition of good neighbor: someone to be trusted; a courteous, friendly source of help when help is needed; someone you can count on; someone who cares.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

You have never had fair press in America.

Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Always open minds. Question everything, accept nothing as fact until you prove it for yourself.