Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn.

Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.

If nothing’s real, then what does it matter?” he said. “You live here. Doesn’t that make it real enough?

It kind of felt like she was kicking me in the gut, and every kick

Did you meet your soul mate? That always happens on the first day of school, right?''Oh God, Charlie, she's letting you read again! You went straight to the paranormal section, didn't you?

What you loved as a child, you will love forever

I realized everyone around me was wearing a uniform. Black pants, white button-down shirts, green ties. Gotta love the smell of institutional equality in the morning.

Believing something existed and then finding out it didn't was like reaching the top of the stairs and thinking there was one more step.

I was a schizophrenic, not a damn invalid.

Some parents bring their children up and, I suppose, others let them down.

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.

If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed".

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.

Dance like nobody's looking.

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.

He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks he sees the world.

You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.