Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?

Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another.

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

The prospect of living without interference, living in a world where windfalls and misfortunes were never by design, held no terror for him.

A society that decides its controversial issues by ballots does better than one that uses bullets – which, after all, is no more likely to lead to the right conclusion than voting.

Culture is so incredibly important because it is the foundation for all future innovation. People with passion can change the world.

When a man dies, he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.

Yesterday people were going past my window in t shirts and dresses. But that's the men at the BBC for you.

I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, how not to make a mess of it, has not yet been met.

I've been an advocate for public education for a long time. It's the way people are able to improve their lives.

Technology's become the great prism for what's going on in the world.

Truth is often uncomfortable. It is only comforting to those who do not wish to ignore it. Then, truth becomes not only comforting, but inspiring.

The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty.