The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.

No man or woman is uniformly successful... we must all expect a rather high percentage of failure in the things we attempt.

At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me.

How do you mourn something that never really belonged to you?

For the unlearned old age is winter for the learned it is the season of the harvest.

I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.

Are you crazy?" I said. "Crazy about you." "Patch!" "Don't worry, we've got time." "How do you know?" He staggered back a step, with his hand over his heart. "Your lack of faith hurts.

The artist will have had his revenge for being made to wait, A revenge not only necessary but right and clever-- Simply to leave him out of the scene forever.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains.

House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.