The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

I had to say it gave me a warm feeling to picture Meredith Winslow spending twenty years or so in an ill fitting orange jumpsuit, cozying up to a great big girl named Beulah

I can't escape reality but my mind can twist it for me. Therefore, mind can manipulate things.

You put cow dung on my face?’ ‘Every day religiously until you were three. Why else do you think your skin is so clear?

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were they all fused into a single stubbornness.

One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.

Based on current surveys of public opinion in the United States, it turns out that the majority of Americans think I've done a pretty good job.

Battling terrorism must go beyond belligerence vs. isolation.

You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.

If you never want to see the face of hell, when you come home from work every night, dance with your kitchen towel and, if you're worried about waking up your family, take off your shoes.

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term