My greatest fear: repetition.

Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.

Every uniform corrupts one's character.

Jealousy is the fear of comparison.

A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment... But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is the plain and simple truth. Because nobody ever believes it.

We asked for workers. We got people instead.

Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

There is no art without Eros.

When we travel, we are like a film at the moment of exposure; it is memory that will develop it.

I have no words for my reality.

It is only the consciousness of a nonexistence which allows us to realize for moments that we are living.

I brug you two [gifts] . . . I gots the little here in my pockie.' He dug one hand deep into his pocket and pulled out a handful of nuts and a dead grasshopper. 'Nope. Be the other side.' (Matt)

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

The U.S.-China relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world.

Progress: The process whereby the human race has got rid of whiskers, the vermiform appendix and God.

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.

Consider that it is not failing in this or that attempt to come to Christ, but a giving-over of your endeavors, that will be your ruin.

Parenthood is an amazing opportunity to be able to ruin someone from scratch.

Working out is a healthy habit: it helps you stay light and energetic. At least, that is how it works for me, and over the years it has been one of my greatest passions.

51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.

I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits.