Passion is all very well, but it wouldn't do to spill the tea.

Life does often get in the way of one's reading.

We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors.

I tell myself it does not matter what one reads-favorite authors, particular themes-as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

Only sometimes when we pick and choose among the rules we discover later that we have set aside something precious in the process.

You cannot run away from what’s in your heart.

The world is full of small ignorances. We must all do our best to ignore them and thereby keep them small, don't you think

...as I get older, I find myself insisting on my right to be philosophically sloppy.

The human race is all the same when it comes to romantic relations, ' said the Major. 'A startling absence of impulse control combined with complete myopia.

...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

War does have a way of interfering with one's most closely held desires.

In your eyes, I see what's on my mind.

I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.

You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it doesn't mean I ever met him, does it?

Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.

I listened to Bill Bennett and tons of other talk show hosts who talked about that and other policies and started branching out and caring about other issues in regards to politics.

Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem.

I would love to buy a piece of land in the Moon, just to feel very farsighted, extremely optimistic and absolutely crazy!

Let her tell stories and dance in the rain, somersault, tumble and run, her joys must be high as her sorrows are deep, let her grow like a weed in the sun.

The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.