Nowadays silence is looked on as odd and most of my race has forgotten the beauty of meaning much by saying little. Now tongues work all day by themselves with no help from the mind.

Grownups don't pay it much attention because they can't imagine anything more majestic to a child than their own selves and so confused dependance for reverence.

Language, when it finally comes, has the vigor of a felon pardoned after twenty-one years on hold. Sudden, raw, stripped to its underwear.

Hate does that. Burns off everything but itself, so whatever your grievance is, your face looks just like your enemy's.

Wealth without real worthinessIs no good for the neighbourhood

By the time the clever reaches the clouds, the genius is already on the stars.

I don't think I miss anything by not watching television.

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right.

Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.

I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.