Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?

When God is ready for you to move, He will make your situation uncomfortable.

I make art when I can't gather the words to say.

Patriarchy has no gender.

I hope we find a cure for every major disease, because I'm tired of walking 5K. I'm pretty sure I don't have to sweat for cancer. I'll write a check.

Of all the bigotries that savage the human temper there is none so stupid as the anti-Semitic.

But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it.

I was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves.

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.