Well I believe in the desirability of an optimal society.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Give us this day our daily mask.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

There's a big difference on being wise and being crafty. The former is the attribute of God, and the latter is that of Satan.

All my life I've wanted to tell people I love them. Fear usually held me back, that they wouldn't care, or they wouldn't hear, or they would take too much from me once they knew.

Even though I have not yet met you, you are part of me and I am part of you.

Is that-am I looking at her beaver?"Mid-swig, I choke on the mouthful of beer, sputtering and coughing. After I recover, I ask jokingly, "'Beaver'? Are you Canadian or something?

Maybe, instead of paying so much in tax, the very rich could be incentivised to help their local community and young people who do not have a home.

If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan frees a man from any other form of penance.

Friends are connected by their souls, you can't just rinse something out that has been deeply instilled into your sou

Headlines twice the size of the events.

My focus is always on the conditions that create social problems, not just a particular person.

No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?