We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone.

Sometimes you don't choose the material; the material chooses you.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

When I feel lonely you are here beside me with your loving and caring touch.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens, how confusions that seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard.

No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Usually when Obama says, 'Let me be clear,' he's about to get into some very unclear sh*t.

The person who sows a single beautiful thought in the mind of another, renders the world a greater service than that rendered by all the faultfinders combined.

Never leave an enemy behind, or it will rise again to fly at your throat !

Will be the 14th time I've coached in Neyland Stadium. ... I've coached there more than some of their head coaches.