You are judged on your last game no matter how many you have banked.

As a kid I said 'Bob Costas went to Syracuse, I'm going to Syracuse'

I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously

The cadence of suffering has begun.

The race to win turns us all into losers.

A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

The glory of God is humankind fully alive.

Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.

With time the unbearable becomes shocking, becomes sad, and finally becomes poignant.

I think around that time I met David [Gordon Green] or, well, we all met at Superbad and Judd [Apatow] said, 'I'm thinking about having him direct [ Knocked Up].' Sounded like a good idea.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.