A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.

Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.

The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they're completely in love with me.

When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power.

The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer.

When we learn to expect more success than failure in life, we soon will develop an attitude of success.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.