With all due respect to my surgeon, in a perfect world he would be out of a job.

To walk in faith is to confess that we do not know what awaits us, and the faith I have embraced does not promise an easy road.

I, the infirm, find myself caring for the sorrows and fears of the well.

Often the best gifts we can give each other cost nothing.

The world we inhabit is one where children feel sorrow long before they have the words to express it.

None of this is his fault, but here we sit in the police station.

There is so much good in the worst of us And so much bad in the best of us That it ill behooves any of us To find fault with the rest of us.

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

In three minutes, 98 percent of all the matter there is or will ever be has been produced. We have a universe

There was really nothing for serious men to do in cases of wild gossip, for superstitious rustics will say and believe anything.

There are only two classes in society: those who get more than they earn, and those who earn more than they get.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups

My prayer is to learn new things, imbibe fresh insights. You must not take life too seriously. You must enjoy the process of living.

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.