Old age is the repose of life; the rest that precedes the rest that remains.

Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

Atheism can never be an institution ... it can never be more than a destitution.

The things we do at Christmas are touched with a certain extravagance, as beautiful, in some of its aspects, as the extravagance of nature in June.

Listening is more important than solutioning.

He knew that the disdain for death and crazy courage of youngsters stemmed from a lack of imagination.

Being alone is easier than having a family. When you have a family, you are responsible to each other. It’s easier to navigate the world without that burden.

A thing can only live through a pious illusion.

There is only one kind of wisdom that has any social value, and that is the knowledge of one's own limitations.

I think that's a connection that you can only hope for. It's not something that you can make because it needs someone else.

I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume.

I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.

I'm used to people clapping at the end of the movie.

Hemingway shot himself. I don't like a man that takes the short way home.