They tell him that there is no why, since the moment simply is and since all of them are trapped in the moment, like bugs in amber.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

I am rooted in the unlimited love of the heart of the universe.

Serving others is one of the bases for you to have or to enjoy a fullness of purpose in life.

I'm delighted to be back in coaching. Our goal is to put Iowa wrestling back on top, and I want to do everything I can to make it happen.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

I know my statistics have not been the same as in other years but I'm fighting to get back to those statistics.

I tend to thrive on being misquoted. It's the only way I sound good.

Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

... the spring, the summer, The chilling autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world By their increase, now knows not which is which.

Whatever you do, don't do it.