You're a smart boy. Or if you're not, you ought to be.

Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown

It's funny what they say about men in uniform - how people think women just can't resist 'em. Fact is, I think we're just pleased to see a man groomed, bathed, and wearing clothes that fit him.

It was a train full of strangers, and they were all the same.

I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal. We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman.

Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right.

And people tended not to bother a woman with a book.

She was thirty-five, and she did not look a minute younger.

I hate to make the comparison here, but think of me as one of those expensive boutiques. If you have to ask about the cost, you probably can’t afford me.

In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the ground—or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold.

The distance between an honest Christian mystic and a fortune-teller is sometimes less than half a whisper. Less than a pot of tea or the space between two book covers.

I don't believe that. I don't believe that there are bad things about you. Only things that you think are bad.

If you are not good at innovating, be smart in investing.

There is no greater hell than realizing you're in love with the guy you hate.

The problem with feelings is neither that our moods fluctuate nor that our emotions seem to fail us. The greater dilemma is that most have only learned how to dance to one type of feeling.

I'm an absolutely dreadful hockey player.

There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business.

An honorable spiritual practice recognizes the losses we have suffered, tells our story, and sheds our tears to free us from the past.

God . . . endowed [the human race] with capacity to attain to the inaccessible and invisible Supreme Good and behold it face to face . . .

As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility.

I'd actually rather have a talk show in Australia than even America; I hope I do end up with a talk show.