...accustomed like the white blackbird to the loneliness of eccentricity yet never quite reconciled to it, they found in each other's oddness a most comforting compatibility.

Be at peace now and let the tide carry you into calm water. That is all you have to do for the moment. God bless you.

Genius creates from the heart and when the artifact is broken so is the heart.

He sat for a long time and thought to himself that he wished he knew how to pray, yet he knew, untaught, how by abandonment of himself to let the quietness take hold of him.

Nothing mitigated failure except the knowledge that it did not matter.

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

The Supreme Court is the last refuge in America for our rights and liberties.

Man is not like other animals in the ways that are really significant: Animals have instincts, we have taxes.

In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.

My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

Twin threads ran through her: fear and excitement.

I've always loved boxing. It's something I've always been extremely excited about.

Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems.

I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.