The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

You got infinite channels and limitless rhymes, but the riddles of livin' stay undefined?

The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.

She said one thing and I said another and the next thing I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life in the middle of that conversation.

Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain causes eyes to sparkle cheeks to glow blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.

For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.

I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly.

A lot of the issues that I see, it is not an either-or situation.

Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.

I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.

Interviewing people is pretty natural for me.