The list of lifesavers left him numb, clueless - the action, indifferent.

Even in death, her mother was winning.

Aurora, you're a child, live like one, don't act like one. Enjoy the innocence, dump the immaturity.

He also knew the language of The Klingons, but the army had no use for it.

How do you circumvent a mind bent upon lying to get away from the truth?

If you can get to be you, why can't I get to be me?

I ask you, what would you do if you could erase one bad memory and retain all that was beautiful in your life? Would you not move heaven and earth - and get loads of therapy - to have that?

He wrote to his father every day. His platoon called his dad a girlfriend.

We’re adults. I might be a little more of an adult if you’re counting years but I bet I have a lower IQ, so that puts us pretty much even.

When night comes on in a room lit by kerosene, any flicker of the flame can give the sense that darkness is about to triumph.

The more you read about politics the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

One cannot learn so well as by experiencing it oneself.

People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping.

I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor.

What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.

Be genuine. Be remarkable. Be worth connecting with.

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.