The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

God help those who do not help themselves.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

People think they are here on earth to spend life

Screw the beaten path! Do your thing. Write the best story you can. the rest will fall into place.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

That you could fix me? What's more, that I could fix you? Well, Sorry, pet, I don't want to be fixed. - Caleb

It is beautiful, beautiful to give; one of the very most beautiful things in life.

Nothing that I can encounter today can be as bad as what is behind me. There are small things that used to upset me, but now I just think: Who cares?

When death takes your mother, it steals that word forever.

My wife and I really enjoy a glass of red wine. We're too old to drink cheap wine, and we don't.

Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance.