Never criticize Americans. They have the best taste that money can buy.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night.

So far as good writing goes, the use of the exclamation mark is a sign of failure. It is the literary equivalent of a man holding up a card reading LAUGHTER to a studio audience.

Everyone wants peace - and they will fight the most terrible war to get it.

The ability of dandelions to tell the time is somewhat exaggerated, owing to the fact that there is always one seed that refuses to be blown off; the time usually turns out to be 37 o'clock.

I am made of beauty. I notice beauty all around me every day. I am beautifully blessed!

I mean, obviously, a lot of people know me around the world. Kids know me.

We all have things that come back to haunt us. Some of us just see them more clearly than others.

If it is your duty to croak like the toad, then go ahead! And with all your might! Make them hear you!

A student who considers everybody and everything as a teacher will eventually be the teacher of the teachers!

My uncle was a cop, a career cop, on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing up.

The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion

Time will say nothing but I told you so.

The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle that's curded by the frost from purest snow.