Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.

Relationships are built on small, consistent deposits of time. You can't cram for what's most important. If you want to connect with your kids, you've got to be available consistently, not randomly.

But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.

None of us plan--or intend--to get into trouble. The problem is, we don't plan not to.

It's a huge gap in security, it's a huge problem we've had with our immigration system for many years.

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean.

Faith is fudamentally a kind of folly.

If I die on a film set when I'm 80, I'll be happy with that.

The circle is the fundamental geometry of open human communication.

••If you work with a jackhammer during an earthquake, stop, otherwise you are working for nothing.

Twins have a special bond. They feel safer with each other than with their peers.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think.

The present syllabus in our high schools corresponds almost exactly to what was known in 1640.

And a question stirred within me: What if he, this yellow-eyed creature, in his disorderly, filthy mound of leaves, in his uncomputed life, is happier than we are?