There was a marvelous, dark lyricism in his voice, the kind of defiance that is rooted in deep loneliness.

Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving.

When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around.

Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains?

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.

Today just might be the best day to start seriously thinking about quitting smoking.

I don't think Republicans will be fooled into taking this necessary spending and using it to oppose pro-growth tax cuts, using this tragedy and those deaths for his own political desires.

There are very complicated issues here [about NATO], and I don't want to give them short shrift.

I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.

There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.

The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.

Women punish themselves for the failure to conform.

Love isn't soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.