There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

Walk into any bookstore and you’ll find hundreds of books telling you how to live. Don’t be misled, and don’t be deceived. Instead, build your life on the truth God has given us in His Word.

Mmm, tastes like hepatitis!

This truth must be recognized as a dogma and assume the validity of an axiom in the general understanding of painting

The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them.

I've been circling the wagons down at Times Square, trying to fill up this hole in my soul but nothing fits in there.

I had no occasion for an apron on that morning.

The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch, you're moving.

I don't see as many movies as I used to. Or, I should say, as many movies as I would like to.

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.