Sometimes there is nothing you can do.

You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.

Give me boredom. At least I know where I'm going to eat and sleep tonight.

The thin girl was gulping down one of Richard's bananas in what was, Richard reflected, the least erotic display of banana-eating he had ever seen.

Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.

What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?

I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don't want to be sane.

Now me, ” said Mr. Vandemar.“What number am I thinking of?” “I beg your pardon?” “What number am I thinking of?” repeated Mr. Vandemar. “It’s between one and a lot, ” he added, helpfully.

The abbot cleared his throat. "You are all very stupid people, " he told them graciously, "and you do not know anything at all.

I have always felt, ” he said, “that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and empty threats

The marquis stared at Richard, openly amused. "What a refreshing mind you have, young man, " he said. "There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?

His eyes widened. Oh, hell, you think I'm going to let him bite me? No way. It's too risky and way too guy.

Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures.

He couldn’t stop the grin that spread across his face. Who knew Miss California would be good in a bar fight.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me

Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups.

We struggle with, agonize over and bluster heroically about the great questions of life when the answers to most of these lie hidden in our attitude toward the thousand minor details of each day.

Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.

General improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for the scene.