Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: 'We got through another night!'

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses.

When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much.

One's palate is reborn every morning!

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

Before you fall asleep everyday, say something positive to yourself.

One can lie, but truth is more interesting.

An only child is never twelve.

I am not a born writer, but I was born a writer.

As for death, one gets used to it, even if it is only other people is death you get used to.

Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out.

But some things, no matter how unlikely, are just supposed to happen. You know what I mean. Some things just smack of the future and feel part of an overarching rightness.

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

I'm hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.

Embrace your constraints.

God has nothing to say to the self-righteous.

Something invisible snapped inside her.

For your information, I would like to ask a question.

I think I was nervous enough, even at 3:00 a.m., that you could hear my heart beating over the microphone.

He was a humanist then, he's a humanist now, and to my mind John Carlos is an authentic American hero.