We do choose how we shall live

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything.

I'm just ready to keep going.

A stone that looks satisfied with its position reflects the sense of ease the waller felt when placing it there.

The Italians live well. They have problems, like all countries, but they are well-dressed, the women are pretty.

My counsel to entrepreneurs is to 'own' a region, 'own' a market, 'own' a segment. Create something you can defend. Don't get hung up on the idea that you have to go national.

I really don't give what I wear very much thought.

She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.

If I were a headmaster, I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead and my pupils would study a subject that affected all of them.

I hope I haven't reached a pinnacle...I hope there's something more for me in baseball and in life.

One of the fundamental conditions of happiness is to know that everything that one does has a meaning in eternity