Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen

The thought process can never be complete without articulation.

And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you're inside.

It's hard enough for a person to keep their own socks pulled up, let alone someone else's.

She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.

Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.

His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere.

Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up.

Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.

There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.

I guess babysitters are like used cars... You never really know what you're getting.

The strikebreaker is the hero of American industry.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

Our sense of the tragic waxes and wanes with our sensuality.

You quit, you lose. You keep going, you may still lose. But, your ambition will never die.

I think the best thing your parents can do for you is to let you be yourself.

I think 75% of the population of Great Britain are probably still de-churched. It's the younger end, the 25%, the merging generation, who have no church background at all.

If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.