Maybe evolution is irrelevant at dinnertime.

The only thing more enjoyable than chocolate, is bacon.

But the goal of the arts, culinary or otherwise, is not to increase our comfort. That is the goal of an easy chair.

What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion?

Whenever I have nothing better to do, I roast a chicken.

Recognizing poor leadership is a vital skill to help you achieve greatness.

Guilt is glorious when it's well earned.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief.

A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad book owes to many trees A forest of apologies.

The difference between closing or opening your eyes is the choice between the imagined vs real. Blinking is only human.

Outside every fat man there is an even fatter man trying to close in.

My worst day is still a really good day. I complain, but I catch myself and count my blessings. I am truly blessed.

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.