...and spend my days surrounded by wise books, - bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.

I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world

It is when suffering finds a voice andsets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us.

I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out ofexistence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless.

The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the painin the world had found a voice

It's chance, I tell you, ' he interrupted, ' as everything is in a man's life.

one of those pertinacious tempers that would warm every day to a white heat and never again cool to forgiveness.

Hunger and a lack of blood-corpuscles take all the manhood from a man.

But, as I say, I was toofull of excitement and (a true saying, though those who have neverknown danger may doubt it) too desperate to die.

And the great difference between man and monkey is in the larynx.

You climbed into my window in the middle of the night. So, either you're some kind of Vampire or some kind of Perv. Which is it?

Feelings, like waves, look more substantial than they are.

An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.

Individuals by themselves can make a difference. And by making a difference, you can improve the world.

The writing of You've Got a Friend was one of the most incredible experiences because it was mostly inspiration. It just came to me almost as we hear it.

I can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time

I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.

Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist.

Jerry (Rice) played until he was 42. At 39, I ran a 4.43 40-yard dash. You look at the number of dropped balls and the way guys are playing now and you can't honestly say I can't do better.