What she wanted was right there, between them, pressed against her stomach—so big and accessible and user-friendly—neatly covered and ready to go.

I figured it was probably best for me to leave that bicycle back there for a real emergency.

She'd expected some backlash

A good teacher does not teach all that he knows. He teaches all that the learners need to know at the time, and all that the learners can accountably learn in the time given.

Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.

When you're stuck on something creatively, you can't solve a problem, you go to a coffee shop.

This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.

The government that can take everything from somebody can take everything from everybody. And there ought to be a limit.

I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.

The secret of praying is praying in secret. A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning.

I've got a lot to prove because of the criticism over my weight and moving back down a division.