When we make our own misery we sometimes cling to it even when we want so bad to change, because misery is something we know. The misery is comfortable.

Change isn't easy. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think, means changing what you believe about life. That's hard.

If you believe in your abilities, it will amaze you what you can accomplish.

A covenant differs from a contract almost as much as marriage differs from prostitution.

That's not in my yard.

There's nothing wrong with provocative art work: I even look forward to the day when I can take pictures which will disturb even me.

"Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir," replied the little gentleman. "Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word indeed. It's a legal fiction, my dear sir, nothing more."

Simplicity is really hard.

Eventually women will learn there's no such thing as freedom. Their husbands are just as fastened to the deck as they are. Men get onto a treadmill and never got off.

My spirit life very much depends on my work. My work very much depends on my spirit life. And I pray every day, as part of my own ritual, to a god I believe in, not a god somebody else believes in.

Working together, America's military, Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi people have won a major battle in the war on terrorism.

Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.