Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.

There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the night dew.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

I got food poisoning today. I don't know when I'll use it.

Dear heart, love everyone and anyone. Please make me nonjudgmental.

The sky cries for those filled with sadness

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life, only our attitude towards them.

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back.

I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.

Don't talk over me, don't argue with me, just listen.

I think that, ultimately, the only thing that affects race relations is fair treatment.

As an adolescent, I went to charm school, where I learned to pour tea and relate to boys, which, as I recall, meant giving them the pickle jar to unscrew, whether it was too hard for me or not.