The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison.

American English is the greatest influence of English everywhere.

Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish and die again.

Lexicography is a chastening as well as an illuminating and fascinating art.

Computer users soon learn that the miraculous powers of personal computers are based on avoidance of error.

He who loves, lives longer.

You have a choice, you either give it your best, or alternative you give up. Don't look back upon your life with regret, make the changes you want and make them now!".

To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.

Do not hurry; do not rest.

I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.

Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.

I believe we need affordable child care. I believe we need flexibility. I believe we need institutional reform and public policy reform.

My redeemer is always the person next to me.

I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important.