...he was not so much a human as a civil war.

Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and yet consider the blow they can give you upon the heart.

…growing a little tiresome on account of some mysterious internal discomfort that the local practitioner diagnosed as imagination

He buried his nose in his pillow and went to sleep—to dream of anything rather than getting on in the world, as a sensible young man in his position ought to have done.

It was so quiet, a reservation kind of quiet, where you can hear somebody drinking whiskey on the rocks three miles away.

Members of the Senate and House, if they want to send troops into war, should be forced to send a family member. That would really make everyone stop and go, 'Ohhh-kaaay.'

I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.

I believe in the sun, even when it rains.

There is no substitute for love and caring and compassion and human beings helping one another.

Our customers want to give us more business and the key for us is to manage growing volumes properly.

I cruise the canyon to get some breeze With Hidden Treasures up my sleeve I like the light and hate the heat But I'll lick the blood right off your street

I love Google. I was there for 13 years, and if you told me I'd be as happy anywhere else, I would've probably doubted it. But I am as happy, if not happier, at Yahoo.

Tradition lives because young people come along who catch its romance and add new glories to it.

tasteful and colossal are - in movies, at least - basically antipathetic.