People are always talking on their phones, or looking at their phones, because they don't want to be alone with their thoughts.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Even in Siberia there is happiness.

Girls are obsessed with beauty. They make this world beautiful, by being beautiful.

My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

To work hard. To open new doors for our kids, for our grandkids. To renew our spirit. That's what America is about.

As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for a normal presidency, at the service of the Republic.

I'm not drunk, just a little stoned.

Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you.

Remove stress from the body and the body regenerates itself. You can heal yourself.

Sport is my passion but I have a way to go.

He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands.