my mother insisted that I had to try things on to make sure they were becoming. Becoming what, I always asked.

I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.

If Grandma Goldman ever smiled, she must have done it in the bathroom with the door locked. She had been the undisputed head of her own family, ruling with an iron hand and a mouth full of rocks.

My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing.

If it hadn't been for Grandma, we'd have had no ethnic tone at all.

Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.

With constant practice, one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one’s self useful to himself and all mankind.

Don't criticize what you can't understand, son. You never walked in that's man shoes.

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

Bring the best of your Authentic Self to every opportunity.

No man wants to settle down. It happens. Eventually you're going to bump into somebody that makes you go, 'Hmm, I don't mind seeing this person every day.'

When you get older, you're running out of time. You care more about trying to stay on the planet a little longer, so you can learn how to draw better!

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.