The ears are the last feature to age.

We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.

Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.

The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.

The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.

In the distance, the gestures of animals look human, the gestures of human beings bestial.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.

Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

Education is not a destination, but it is a curious journey to enjoy the beauty of life.

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances when you're not safe when you're not in the middle of the road...

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.

We can choose our family. We can't choose our relatives.

I'm off for a quiet pint - followed by fifteen noisy ones.

Being this side of 40 feels like what I should have felt being this side of 25: in my body, in my heart, happy with my life, and OK with whatever bumps in the road present themselves.

Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor also brought balance to our highest court; most recently, as been repeated many times, when she cautioned about how war doesn't give a blank check.

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.

You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to make people laugh and please them, you're too resentful to do it.