... real pity should stretch out to people whom we do not like -- to those whom we have injured or who despitefully use us.

It is said that we only get to know God in those stark moments when we are driven to depend on him.

to weep for someone who is gone is desolation, but to weep for someone who has never really existed is to lose a part of oneself.

I believe the difficulty that lies in growth, is the struggle of letting go of all you know to learn about the unknown. When in all actuality the unknown that you're learning about is yourself.

If you live at the same time as great contemporaries, you become a flower getting rain live.

I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times.

The Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency.

The sea is as near as we come to another world.

People should be happy to see you when you show up to a club because you're a good person. And stop caring about what the industry is "looking for". Just say what you think is funny. .

As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.

To be a good patriot, a man must consider his countrymen as God's creatures, and himself as accountable for his acting towards them.

My looks arent going to help me explain mortgage-backed securities.

Wouldn't Ponochio II be a great musical, now that he has to face the real world and get a wife... job. Now he wants to be a toy again.