Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love.

Only happy people have nightmares, from overeating. For those who live a nightmare reality, sleep is a black hole, lost in time, like death.

A day came when I should have died, and after that nothing seemed very important. So I have stayed as I am, without regret, separated from the normal human condition.

The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them.

War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance.

No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime.

A day came when I should have died, and after than nothing seemed very important, so I stayed as I am, without regret separated from the normal human condition.

Only victors have stories to tell, we the vanquished were then thought ofas cowards and weaklings whose memoriesand fears should not be remembered.

I thought I knew not only her habits but also her limits. This display of ferocity, of savage courage, made me realize that I was wrong. All my life I had known only a part of her.

This is Long Island, land of the rushed, home of the stressed.

And then what's the whole point if you're harsh to those who love you and soft to those who don't care...

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.'

I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.

I'm the only comedian qualified to navigate a supertanker.

All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases, led to no advantage.

Examine the present and learn from the past to see how the future will unfold. Too often we just look at the present and base our actions solely on that.

I also know that we must cultivate our garden. For when man was put in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, to work; which proves that man was not born for rest.