Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

Have peace in your heart to find peace in the outer world.

Encouragement gives strength to every soul.

Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

I think anybody who is honestly struggling against racism must struggle against imperialism and vice versa.

Its not what happens that counts... It's how you react.

There is an art in silence, and there is an eloquence in it too.

I stole a shirt off Jacques (Kallis) and a pullover off Harry (Paul Harris) that still had his hamburger stain on the front left side of it.

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

The second person to write a story about a young boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi wasn't a novelist, he was a typist.

If I cry, it means I'm too weak to compete in this sport. That's bull.