Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators.

You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

Reading exposes is to the experiences and minds of others, makes us challenge our own provinciality, deepens and widens who we are and what we can become.

The vampires win every time.

How loud clocks can tick when a room is empty, and one is alone!

I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.

The First Amendment was written by the Founders to protect the free exercise of Christianity.

We weren't impatient. We just weren't moving.

I'm also human so I have days when I look in the mirror and go, "All right . . . Things are definitely changing." I can see that.

They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent.