There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful, so subtle and designing, and yet so richly comic.

We are in an electronic technology age now and it's about time we put away the old stuff.

You are what happiness means to me. And I would rather have today with you than forever with anyone else.

We write by the light of every story we have ever read.

I can't see anything" he said in a muffled voice, hand over his eyes. "I'm blind.

If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

I would like to think that Ive left the world of cardiovascular surgery better than when I found it. That would be a suitable epitaph.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

The quest of the truth had been born in me - the most tragic and incomplete, as well as the most essential, of man's quests.

That cat will write her autograph all over your leg if you let her.

I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.