The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one knows what one doesn't have to know.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

If you want to succeed in life you have to blaze your own paths

When you stop looking over your shoulder, you shall see that the future is way nicer than the past.

Without pleasure there is no sight or measure.

How could he try to get Sandi to reveal her true colors when she was a rainbow?

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

When I interview someone, I know in the first two minutes if I like them or not. I find that if it's easy to talk to someone and I see an openness and honesty and integrity, then I usually hire them.

God is the absolute truth...

Rosie Grier was the springboard to the return of my life.

In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from the selling you've already done.

If you want to show a picture, just show it - don't spend too much time arranging it.