... there are spines to which the immobility of worship is not a strain.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Ignorance is the only possible happiness this world has to offer

I was diagnosed with a lung disorder that some people walk around with and don't even know they have. Through early diagnosis, I'm happy to share that I stay healthy with diet and exercise.

Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.

You have to be driven by the stories that you want to tell. You can't simply be responding, or there won't be any real heart to those stories anymore.

I talk to my dad all the time, he's more like my buddy than my father, and he's not happy that I use him in my act. But I tell him, I have to get something out of this.

To make a precise scientific description of reality out of words is like trying to build a rigid structure out of pure quicksilver.

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's done.

I'm a Christian. I was born and raised a Catholic. But I think there are people that are frauds that are ministers.

. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.